Multicomponent Communication Intervention to Support Family Members of the Critically Ill: A Controlled Pre-Post Study
The intervention improved the family members' level of comprehension but did not decrease their symptoms of anxiety or depression at 90 days post-ICU discharge.
Authors
- Matthias Kochanek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4766-4651)
- Jan‐Hendrik Naendrup (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6420-7938)
- Boris Böll (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6432-0981)
- Eyleen Reifarth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5109-0144)
- Jorge Garcia Borrega (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1326-1560)
- Sascha Köpke
- Lisa Altenrath
Institutions
- Düsseldorf University Hospital (DE)
- Integrated Oncology (United States) (US)
- University Hospital Cologne (DE)
- Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Critical Care Medicine
- Published
- 2025-05-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/ccm.0000000000006714
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.62