Symptoms of anxiety and depression in relatives after decisions of withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatments in emergency departments.
Journal
European journal of emergency medicine : official journal of the European Society for Emergency Medicine
ISSN: 1473-5695
Titre abrégé: Eur J Emerg Med
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9442482
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Oct 2020
Oct 2020
Historique:
pubmed:
24
1
2020
medline:
25
6
2021
entrez:
24
1
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The aim of our study was to assess anxiety and depression in patients' relatives after a decision of withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatments. We conducted a prospective observational multicenter study in three university hospitals' emergency departments. The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) was assessed on the relatives of patients admitted in emergency departments 3 days and 21 days after the decision of withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining treatments. Among the 109 patients with a decision of withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining treatments, 88 relatives were included and 74 (67, 8%) completed the 21-day follow up. Among those, 14 (18.9%) and 13 (17.6%) displayed symptoms of anxiety and depression at 3 days, respectively. After 21 days, symptoms anxiety and depression were still present in the same way for nine (12.2%) of the relatives. The median total HADS score was 13.5 [interquartile range (IQR): 8-16] at 3 days and 10 [IQR: 5-17] at 21 days. The symptoms of depression at 21 days were more frequent for the relatives of patients who died at 21 days (P = 0.03). We found symptoms of anxiety and depression in relatives after decisions of withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatments in emergency departments, which persist at 21 days. Further studies are needed to support these results and to search the relatives at risk to develop these symptoms.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31972695
doi: 10.1097/MEJ.0000000000000669
pii: 00063110-202010000-00011
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Observational Study
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
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