Open AccessComparison of anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress symptoms in relatives of ICU patients in an American and an Indian public hospital
Author(s) -
Hrishikesh S. Kulkarni,
Karishma Kulkarni,
Antara Mallampalli,
Shubhangi R Parkar,
Dilip R. Karnad,
Kalpalatha K. Guntupalli
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian journal of critical care medicine/indian journal of critical care medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.317
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1998-359X
pISSN - 0972-5229
DOI - 10.4103/0972-5229.84891
Subject(s) - medicine , depression (economics) , anxiety , hospital anxiety and depression scale , worry , intensive care unit , beck depression inventory , beck anxiety inventory , psychiatry , economics , macroeconomics
An intensive care unit (ICU) admission of a patient causes considerable stress among relatives. Whether this impact differs among populations with differing sociocultural factors is unknown.