Open AccessEnhancing hospital well-being and minimizing intensive care unit trauma: Cushioning effects of psychosocial care
Author(s) -
Usha Chivukula,
Meena Hariharan,
Suvashisa Rana,
Marlyn Thomas,
Asher Andrew
Publication year - 2017
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/ijccm.ijccm_468_14
Subject(s) - medicine , psychosocial , cushioning , intensive care unit , intensive care medicine , medical emergency , emergency medicine , psychiatry , mechanical engineering , engineering
Hospitalization has the potential to induce hospital anxiety, while admission in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is found to surpass the anxiety and result in what is termed as "ICU Trauma."