Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học quốc tế cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: The burden of adverse mental health outcomes in critical illness survivors. | Davydow Critical Care 2010 14 125 http content 14 1 125 CRITICAL CARE COMMENTARY L__ The burden of adverse mental health outcomes in critical illness survivors Dimitry S Davydow See related research by Myhren etal. http content 14 1 R14 Abstract Survivors of critical illnesses are at increased risk for posttraumatic stress disorder and major depression. In the present issue of Critical Care Myhren and colleagues report on an investigation of predictors of posttraumatic stress general anxiety and depressive symptoms up to 1 year following intensive care unit admission for critical illnesses. The present study found that an endogenous patient characteristic the personality trait pessimism was associated with posttraumatic stress and depressive symptoms. Myhren and colleagues study sheds light on potential predictors of psychopathology in critical illness survivors as well as stimulating directions for future research to address these complex problems. Surviving a critical illness is inherently stressful and survivors are frequently faced with complicated recoveries. Recently there has been increased interest in the mental health of critical illness survivors. In the present issue of Critical Care Myhren and colleagues report on the findings of a prospective investigation of post-traumatic stress general anxiety and depressive symptoms in 194 intensive care unit ICU survivors 1 . Their findings provide interesting and important insights into the development of psychopathology in critical illness survivors which can serve to stimulate future investigations and inform clinical practice in the followup of these patients. The point prevalence of symptoms suggestive of post-traumatic stress disorder PTSD as ascertained by an Impact of Events Scale cumulative score 35 was 27 in this sample - slightly higher than the median point prevalence of symptoms suggestive of PTSD found in a Correspondence ddavydo1@ Department of .
