The Accuracy of Nurse-Driven Intervention on the Reduction in Anxiety and Depression After ICU Discharge
The Accuracy of Nurse-Driven Intervention on the Reduction in Anxiety and Depression After ICU Discharge
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护士主导干预减少 ICU 出院后焦虑和抑郁的准确性
DOI:
10.1097/ccm.0000000000005774
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发表时间:
2023
影响因子:
8.8
通讯作者:
Taito Shunsuke
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作者:
Sato Tomoo;Katayama Sho;Taito Shunsuke
We have read with great interest the report by Cuzco et al (1), published in a recent issue of Critical Care Medicine, describing nursedriven patient empowerment intervention (NEI) during ICU discharge that reduced anxiety and depression scores in critically ill survivors. However, we have three concerns related to the trial’s primary outcome. First, the authors should provide comparisons of binary variable results for anxiety and depression after ICU discharge, not the change score. The authors described that a value of 10 is the cutoff point between the presence or absence of anxiety and depression in the trial registry (NCT04527627). The sample size was calculated to detect differences of greater than 20%(control group: 0.5 and intervention group: 0.28)(1). The discrepancy of variables should be interpreted carefully. We believe that important information for clinicians and patients is the difference in binary variables of primary outcomes. Second, the author should describe how anxiety was managed in usual care in three ICUs. Anxiety is a critical distress symptom for patients. It should be assessed daily in the ICU (2). ICU diaries are effective for tracking anxiety (3). Other interventions used in ICU practice to alleviate anxiety include distraction, the use of music (4), reassurance, encouragement, coaching, and sedative