Learned Helplessness Among Families and Surrogate Decision-Makers of Patients Admitted to Medical, Surgical, and Trauma ICUs

BACKGROUND: We sought to determine the prevalence of and clinical variables associated with learned helplessness, a psychologic state characterized by reduced motivation, difficulty in determining causality, and depression, in family members of patients admitted to ICUs. METHODS: We conducted an obs...

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Main Authors: Sullivan, Donald R., Liu, Xinggang, Corwin, Douglas S., Verceles, Avelino C., McCurdy, Michael T., Pate, Drew A., Davis, Jennifer M., Netzer, Giora
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American College of Chest Physicians 2012
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3515025/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22661454
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1378/chest.12-0112
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