Emma E Meyers1, Kelly M Shaffer2, Melissa Gates3, Ann Lin3, Jonathan Rosand4, Ana-Maria Vranceanu5. 1. Henry and Allison McCance Center for Brain Health, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Division of Neurocritical Care and Emergency Neurology, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Integrated Brain Health Clinical and Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA. 2. Center for Behavioral Health and Technology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA. 3. Integrated Brain Health Clinical and Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA. 4. Henry and Allison McCance Center for Brain Health, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Division of Neurocritical Care and Emergency Neurology, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. 5. Henry and Allison McCance Center for Brain Health, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Integrated Brain Health Clinical and Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA. Electronic address: avranceanu@mgh.harvard.edu.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Admission to a neuroscience intensive care unit (Neuro-ICU) is sudden and often traumatic for both patients and their informal caregivers. No prior studies have assessed prospectively risk and resiliency factors for chronic posttraumatic symptoms, as well as the potential interdependence between patients' and caregivers' symptoms over time. OBJECTIVE: To analyze the impact of baseline resiliency factors on symptoms of posttraumatic stress (PTS) longitudinally in dyads of patients admitted to the Neuro-ICU and their primary family caregivers. METHODS: We recruited dyads (M = 108) of patients admitted to the Neuro-ICU (total N = 102) and their family caregivers (total N = 103). Dyads completed self-report assessments of PTS and resiliency factors (mindfulness and coping) at baseline in the Neuro-ICU. PTS was measured again at 3- and 6-month follow-up. RESULTS: Clinically significant PTS symptoms were high at baseline in both patients (20%) and caregivers (16%) and remained high through 6 months (25% in patients; 14% in caregivers). Actor-partner interdependence modeling demonstrated that severity of PTS symptoms was predictive of PTS symptoms at subsequent time points (P < 0.001). High baseline mindfulness and coping predicted less severe PTS symptoms in patients and caregivers (P < 0.001) at all time points. Own degree of PTS symptoms at 3 months predicted worse PTS symptoms in one's partner at 6 months, for both patients and caregivers (P = 0.02). CONCLUSIONS: Findings highlight the need to prioritize assessment and treatment of PTS in Neuro-ICU patients and their informal caregivers through a dyadic approach.
BACKGROUND: Admission to a neuroscience intensive care unit (Neuro-ICU) is sudden and often traumatic for both patients and their informal caregivers. No prior studies have assessed prospectively risk and resiliency factors for chronic posttraumatic symptoms, as well as the potential interdependence between patients' and caregivers' symptoms over time. OBJECTIVE: To analyze the impact of baseline resiliency factors on symptoms of posttraumatic stress (PTS) longitudinally in dyads of patients admitted to the Neuro-ICU and their primary family caregivers. METHODS: We recruited dyads (M = 108) of patients admitted to the Neuro-ICU (total N = 102) and their family caregivers (total N = 103). Dyads completed self-report assessments of PTS and resiliency factors (mindfulness and coping) at baseline in the Neuro-ICU. PTS was measured again at 3- and 6-month follow-up. RESULTS: Clinically significant PTS symptoms were high at baseline in both patients (20%) and caregivers (16%) and remained high through 6 months (25% in patients; 14% in caregivers). Actor-partner interdependence modeling demonstrated that severity of PTS symptoms was predictive of PTS symptoms at subsequent time points (P < 0.001). High baseline mindfulness and coping predicted less severe PTS symptoms in patients and caregivers (P < 0.001) at all time points. Own degree of PTS symptoms at 3 months predicted worse PTS symptoms in one's partner at 6 months, for both patients and caregivers (P = 0.02). CONCLUSIONS: Findings highlight the need to prioritize assessment and treatment of PTS in Neuro-ICU patients and their informal caregivers through a dyadic approach.
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