Psychological symptoms in family members of critically ill patients during the pandemic: a prospective cohort.
Objective: To assess psychological symptoms in family members of critically ill patients during the pandemic. Methods: This is a prospective cohort study with adult family members of patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a university hospital, from July 2020 to April 2022, via teleph...
| Publicado en: | Acta Paulista de Enfermagem Vol. 38; no. 1; pp. 1 - 9 |
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Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Escola Paulista de Enfermagem
2025
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