TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Depression, anxiety and quality-of-life among relatives of patients with severe brain injury: The acute phase
JO  - Brain injury
A1  - Norup, Anne
A1  - Welling, Karen-Lise
A1  - Qvist, Jesper
A1  - Siert, Lars
A1  - Mortensen, Erik L.
SP  - 1192
EP  - 1200
VL  - 26
IS  - 10
N2  - Primary objective: To investigate the emotional well-being of relatives of patients with a severe brain injury in the acute setting, as well as risk factors associated with high anxiety and depression scores and impaired quality-of-life. Research design: Clinical convenience sample. Methods and procedures: Participants included 45 relatives of patients with severe brain injury recruited at a NICU. All relatives completed selected scales from the SCL-90-R and SF-36 ∼ 14 days after injury. Data concerning the condition of the patient were also collected. Main outcome and results: Of the relatives, 51% and 69% reported anxiety and depression, respectively, as well as significantly impaired quality-of-life compared to normal reference populations. Regression analysis revealed that up to 20% of the variance in depression and anxiety scores could be explained by the CRASH 2 Mortality prediction. Conclusions: The majority of the relatives had severely impaired quality-of-life and symptoms of anxiety and depression during the patient's NICU stay. Future research is required to explore stressors and evaluate effects of psychological intervention in the acute setting.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0269-9052
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/02699052.2012.672790
ID  - ref1
ER  -