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Trauma- and distress-associated mental illness symptoms in close relatives of patients with severe traumatic brain injury and high-grade subarachnoid hemorrhage.

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BACKGROUND:Close relatives (CR) of patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) and high-grade subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) suffer extraordinary distress during the treatment: Distress may lead to persisting mental illness symptoms within the spectrum of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety disorders, and depression. The primary goal of this study was to determine the prevalence and severity of these symptoms in CR. The secondary goal was identification of associated factors. METHOD:Standardized interviews were conducted with 53 CR (mean age of 57.7 ± 11.4 years) of patients with TBI °III (n = 27) and high-grade SAH H&H °III-V (n = 26) between 5 and 15 months after the event. The interviews contained a battery of surveys to quantify symptoms of PTSD, anxiety disorders, and depression, i.e., Impact of Event Scale (IES-R), 36-item Short-Form General Health Survey (SF-36), and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Fixed and modifiable possibly influencing factors were correlated. RESULTS:Twenty-eight CR (53 %) showed IES-R scores indicating a probable diagnosis of PTSD. Twenty-five CR (47 %) showed an increased anxiety score and 18 (34 %) an increased depression score using HADS. Mean physical component summary of SF-36 was not abnormal (49.1 ± 9.1), whereas mean mental component summary was under average (41.0 ± 13.2), indicating a decreased quality of life caused by mental effects. Perception of the interaction quality with the medical staff and involvement into medical decisions correlated negatively with severity of mental illness symptoms. Evasive coping strategies were highly significantly associated with symptoms. CONCLUSIONS:This study quantifies an extraordinarily high prevalence of mental illness symptoms in CR of patients with critical acquired brain injury due to SAH and TBI. Modifiable factors were associated with severity of mental illness symptoms. Prospective studies testing efficiency of early psychotherapeutic interventions are needed.

journal_name

Acta Neurochir (Wien)

journal_title

Acta neurochirurgica

authors

Rueckriegel SM,Baron M,Domschke K,Neuderth S,Kunze E,Kessler AF,Nickl R,Westermaier T,Ernestus RI

doi

10.1007/s00701-015-2470-0

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2015-09-01 00:00:00

pages

1329-36; discussion 1336

issue

eissn

0001-6268

issn

0942-0940

journal_volume

157

pub_type

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Trauma- and distress-associated mental illness symptoms in close relatives of patients with severe traumatic brain injury and high-grade subarachnoid hemorrhage.