Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia
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Arq. Bras. Cardiol. · Aug 1996
[Intensive Care Unit stay. Variables that affect emotional reactions].
To evaluate the anxiety and depression levels during five days of stay in a Clinical Cardiological Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and verify the relation to different variables. ⋯ Anxiety and depression decrease during the five days of ICU stay. Emotional reactions are not influenced by medical diagnoses, age and number of hospitalizations. The emergency unit stay affects emotionally the patient in the first days of ICU admission.