ICU sedation, delirium & recovery
Prolonged Grief Disorder, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Depression, and Anxiety Symptom States Over ICU Family Members’ First Two Bereavement Years
Authors' conclusion
We consistently observed four distinct PGD-PTSD-depression-anxiety-symptom states during the first two bereavement years of ICU family members.
Study context
- Population
- Taiwanese family members bereaved by a relative's death from disease in the MICUs of two medical centres
- Participants
- 303 family members
- Exposure
- Resilient vs Subthreshold prolonged grief disorder (PGD)-depression vs PGD-dominant vs Co-occurring PGD-PTSD-depression-anxiety
- Outcome
- Symptom state prevalence
- Follow-up
- 6 months post-bereavement
Methodological detailslatent transition analysis, two medical centres
- Latent transition analysis
- Two medical centres
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Symptom state prevalence · 24 months post-bereavement
Symptom state prevalence · 24 months post-bereavement
- Prevalence rankings unchanged
Parts of this Brief are withheld: the automatic checks could not confirm them against the abstract.
Original publication
Prolonged Grief Disorder, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Depression, and Anxiety Symptom States Over ICU Family Members’ First Two Bereavement Years. Crit Care Med. Published 26 September 2025. doi:10.
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