Family Care Rituals in the ICU to Reduce Symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Family Members—A Multicenter, Multinational, Before-and-After Intervention Trial*

November 17, 2019Critical Care MedicineOpen Access

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This research aims to evaluate the effectiveness of family care rituals in reducing post-traumatic stress symptoms in family members of ICU patients.
Multicenter, prospective, before-and-after intervention evaluation.
Family members of ICU patients with a predicted mortality risk of >30% were included.
Intervention involved providing an informational booklet about family engagement during patient care.
Symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder significantly decreased from 39.2% preintervention to 27.1% postintervention (unadjusted odds ratio, 0.58; p = 0.046).
No significant changes observed in depression symptoms (26.5% vs 25.2%; p = 0.818) or anxiety symptoms (41.0% vs 45.5%; p = 0.234).
Family satisfaction scores showed a slight increase postintervention, though not statistically significant (85.1 vs 89.0; p = 0.052).

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Before-and-after trial assesses family care rituals' impact on PTSD symptoms in ICU families, suggesting positive outcomes.

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