Descriptive study on psychological first aid for COVID-19 patients’ relatives
INTRODUCTION: The presence of psychological impact on relatives of patients admitted for Covid-19 has been described. The effectiveness of psychological first aid in critical situations has also been described. The first psychological aid describes a human response supporting another person who is s...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9480437/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.1760 |
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author | Moreno, M. García Milas, A. De Cós Carreño, L. Beatobe Delgado, M.E. Pelayo Salvador, M.T. González De Arce Cordón, R. |
author_facet | Moreno, M. García Milas, A. De Cós Carreño, L. Beatobe Delgado, M.E. Pelayo Salvador, M.T. González De Arce Cordón, R. |
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description | INTRODUCTION: The presence of psychological impact on relatives of patients admitted for Covid-19 has been described. The effectiveness of psychological first aid in critical situations has also been described. The first psychological aid describes a human response supporting another person who is suffering. This intervention is indicated for those affected by a traumatic event. OBJECTIVES: To present a theoretical review about psychological first aid and to describe data about it on relatives of patients admitted for Covid-19. METHODS: Literature review about psychological first aid and data description of telephone intervention carried out by mental health professionals on family members of patients admitted for Covid-19. RESULTS: From an initial pool of 77 Covid-19 patients, 50 were selected as telephone contact with relatives was possible. Mean age was 68.9 years, 13 were female and 37 male. 90% were admitted in internal medicine department and 10% in intensive care unit. First telephone intervention in all cases was to introduce the psychiatrist in charge of the follow-up and provide contact number of psychiatry department. In 13 relatives` support, emotional ventilation and active listening was provided and 2 of them also received therapeutic guidelines. Further phone contact was required in 12 relatives. In follow-up phone calls, all relatives received therapeutic guidelines and 3 was referred to our outpatient clinic. CONCLUSIONS: Family members of patients admitted for covid-19 may present emotional symptoms, many of them normal reactions in context of a crisis situation. A large percentage do not require a structured psychotherapeutic intervention but can benefit from a first psychological help. DISCLOSURE: No significant relationships. |
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spelling | pubmed-94804372022-09-29 Descriptive study on psychological first aid for COVID-19 patients’ relatives Moreno, M. García Milas, A. De Cós Carreño, L. Beatobe Delgado, M.E. Pelayo Salvador, M.T. González De Arce Cordón, R. Eur Psychiatry Abstract INTRODUCTION: The presence of psychological impact on relatives of patients admitted for Covid-19 has been described. The effectiveness of psychological first aid in critical situations has also been described. The first psychological aid describes a human response supporting another person who is suffering. This intervention is indicated for those affected by a traumatic event. OBJECTIVES: To present a theoretical review about psychological first aid and to describe data about it on relatives of patients admitted for Covid-19. METHODS: Literature review about psychological first aid and data description of telephone intervention carried out by mental health professionals on family members of patients admitted for Covid-19. RESULTS: From an initial pool of 77 Covid-19 patients, 50 were selected as telephone contact with relatives was possible. Mean age was 68.9 years, 13 were female and 37 male. 90% were admitted in internal medicine department and 10% in intensive care unit. First telephone intervention in all cases was to introduce the psychiatrist in charge of the follow-up and provide contact number of psychiatry department. In 13 relatives` support, emotional ventilation and active listening was provided and 2 of them also received therapeutic guidelines. Further phone contact was required in 12 relatives. In follow-up phone calls, all relatives received therapeutic guidelines and 3 was referred to our outpatient clinic. CONCLUSIONS: Family members of patients admitted for covid-19 may present emotional symptoms, many of them normal reactions in context of a crisis situation. A large percentage do not require a structured psychotherapeutic intervention but can benefit from a first psychological help. DISCLOSURE: No significant relationships. Cambridge University Press 2021-08-13 /pmc/articles/PMC9480437/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.1760 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Abstract Moreno, M. García Milas, A. De Cós Carreño, L. Beatobe Delgado, M.E. Pelayo Salvador, M.T. González De Arce Cordón, R. Descriptive study on psychological first aid for COVID-19 patients’ relatives |
title | Descriptive study on psychological first aid for COVID-19 patients’ relatives |
title_full | Descriptive study on psychological first aid for COVID-19 patients’ relatives |
title_fullStr | Descriptive study on psychological first aid for COVID-19 patients’ relatives |
title_full_unstemmed | Descriptive study on psychological first aid for COVID-19 patients’ relatives |
title_short | Descriptive study on psychological first aid for COVID-19 patients’ relatives |
title_sort | descriptive study on psychological first aid for covid-19 patients’ relatives |
topic | Abstract |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9480437/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.1760 |
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