In recent years, the survival rate among intensive care patients has improved due to advancements in diagnosing severe infections and the use of broad-spectrum antibiotics. However, many survivors face long-term complications, known as Post-Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS), including physical, cognitive, and psychological impairments such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, and depression. Approximately 9-27% of ICU survivors develop these symptoms, particularly those hospitalized due to sepsis. Common risk factors include traumatic hospital experiences, delirium, and extended mechanical ventilation. Despite the prevalence of these issues, most medical centers lack structured models for screening and early intervention, highlighting the need for evaluations of early intervention strategies to support at-risk patients post-discharge and improve their quality of life.
Discharged from ICU due to sepsis
Age over 18 years old
Age under 18 years old
Lack of consent
Dementia/ mental retardation or any other condition due to which the patient cannot fill the questionnaires or participate in the psychiatric interview.
A cute psychosis or other psychiatric condition nesiccating psychiatric treatment.
Parallel
Psychiatric interview
Other interventionPsychiatric interview for 45 minutes
PTSD risk according to PCL-5
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5). The PCL-5 is widely used in clinical and research settings to screen for PTSD, assess symptom severity, and monitor treatment progress over time. Total scores can range from 0 to 80, with higher scores indicating greater PTSD symptom severity. In addition to a raw score being presented, a mean score is also computed, which is the subscale score divided by the number of items within that subscale. The average score can help determine elevated symptom clusters when comparing each of the four subscales. These scores range between 0 to 4, where higher scores represent higher severity.
Depression risk
Patient Health Questionnaire-9 is a validated, 9-question tool to assess for the degree of depression present in an individual. The total score ranges from 0 to 27. The higher the score is the more severe the depression is.
General well being
This questionnaire is designed to measure general well-being, including negative well-being, energy and positive well-being. The Well-Being Questionnaire (W-BQ) was first developed in the early 1980s as a 22-item measure. The range is from 0 to 110, the higher the score the better is the general well being.
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