Impact of COVID-19 infection experience on mental health status of intensive care unit patients’ family members: a real-world study

作者：Tao Liu, Zhiqiang Zhao, Chi‐Shin Wu, Ciyong Lu, M Liu, Xuedong An, Zhou Sha, Xin Wang, Zhilin Luo, Liang Chen, Chun‐Feng Liu, Pengyu Cao, David Zhang, Rongcai Jiang · 发表于：QJM · 年份：2023 · DOI：10.1093/qjmed/hcad184 · 被引用次数：11 · 研究领域：Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units、COVID-19 and Mental Health、Family Caregiving in Mental Illness

PURPOSE: Family members of patients hospitalized in intensive care unit (ICU) are susceptible to adverse psychological outcomes. However, there is a paucity of studies specifically examining the mental health symptoms in ICU patients' family members with a prior history of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection. AIM: This study aimed to investigate mental health status and its influencing factors of ICU patients' family members with previous COVID-19 infection experience in China. DESIGN: Nationwide, cross-sectional cohort of consecutive participants of family members of ICU patients from 10 provinces randomly selected in mainland China conducted between October 2022 and May 2023. METHODS: The basic information scale, Self-rating depression scale, Self-rating Anxiety Scale, Impact of Event Scale-Revised, Pittsburgh sleep quality index, Perceived Stress Scale, Connor-Davidson resilience scale, Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire were employed to explore mental health status among participants. RESULTS: A total of 463 participants, comprising 156 individuals in Covid-19 family member cohort (infection group) and 307 individuals in control family member cohort (control group), met inclusion criteria. The infection group exhibited significantly higher incidence of composite mental health symptoms compared to control group (P = 0.017). Multivariable logistic regression analysis revealed that being female, engaging in physical/mental labor, residing in rural areas, and hav...