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Critical care medicine · Jan 2023
Trajectories of Palliative Care Needs in the ICU and Long-Term Psychological Distress Symptoms.
- Christopher E Cox, Jessie Gu, Deepshikha Charan Ashana, Elias H Pratt, Krista Haines, Jessica Ma, Maren K Olsen, Alice Parish, David Casarett, Mashael S Al-Hegelan, Colleen Naglee, Jason N Katz, Yasmin Ali O'Keefe, Robert W Harrison, Isaretta L Riley, Santos Bermejo, Katelyn Dempsey, Kimberly S Johnson, and Sharron L Docherty.
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC.
- Crit. Care Med. 2023 Jan 1; 51 (1): 132413-24.
ObjectivesWhile palliative care needs are assumed to improve during ICU care, few empiric data exist on need trajectories or their impact on long-term outcomes. We aimed to describe trajectories of palliative care needs during ICU care and to determine if changes in needs over 1 week was associated with similar changes in psychological distress symptoms at 3 months.DesignProspective cohort study.SettingSix adult medical and surgical ICUs.ParticipantsPatients receiving mechanical ventilation for greater than or equal to 2 days and their family members.Measurements And Main ResultsThe primary outcome was the 13-item Needs at the End-of-Life Screening Tool (NEST; total score range 0-130) completed by family members at baseline, 3, and 7 days. The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7), and Post-Traumatic Stress Scale (PTSS) were completed at baseline and 3 months. General linear models were used to estimate differences in distress symptoms by change in need (NEST improvement ≥ 10 points or not). One-hundred fifty-nine family members participated (median age, 54.0 yr [interquartile range (IQR), 44.0-63.0 yr], 125 [78.6%] female, 54 [34.0%] African American). At 7 days, 53 (33%) a serious level of overall need and 35 (22%) ranked greater than or equal to 1 individual need at the highest severity level. NEST scores improved greater than or equal to 10 points in only 47 (30%). Median NEST scores were 22 (IQR, 12-40) at baseline and 19 (IQR, 9-37) at 7 days (change, -2.0; IQR, -11.0 to 5.0; p = 0.12). There were no differences in PHQ-9, GAD-7, or PTSS change scores by change in NEST score (all p > 0.15).ConclusionsSerious palliative care needs were common and persistent among families during ICU care. Improvement in needs was not associated with less psychological distress at 3 months. Serious needs may be commonly underrecognized in current practice.Copyright © 2022 by the Society of Critical Care Medicine and Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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