Abstract: Family members of ICU patients may experience mental harassment, disorganization and helplessness which may to lead to stress. Stress of patient’s family members increase and ultimately cause disruption in the role and functions of family. Untreated family stress may lead to lack of trust in health care providers, inability to comply with hospital regulations and decisions, anger, hostility and litigation. A non-experimental descriptive study design was conducted in Sidhu Hospital, Doraha where the target population were the family members of patients admitted in ICU. 40 subjects were selected by convenient sampling technique from whom the data was collected by a self-structured stress scale. The data was analysed by descriptive and inferential statistics presented through tables and figures. It was evident from the findings that 60% of the family members experienced mild stress followed by 30% and 10% who experienced subclinical and moderate stress respectively. In conclusion, there is a great need of interventions to reduce the level of stress among the family members of the patients admitted in ICU as they also tend to be on the brink of psychological crisis.
Keywords: ICU patients, Family members, Sidhu Hospital.
Title: A Study to Assess the Level of Stress among the Family Members of Patients Admitted In ICU of Sidhu Hospital, Doraha, Ludhiana, Punjab
Author: Ms. Jaspreet Kaur Sodhi, Prof. (Mrs.) G.K Walia Mrs. Amrita Passi
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
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