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Development and preliminary evaluation of a telephone-based coping skills training intervention for survivors of acute lung injury and their informal caregivers.

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Cox, CE; Porter, LS; Hough, CL; White, DB; Kahn, JM; Carson, SS; Tulsky, JA; Keefe, FJ
Published in: Intensive Care Med
August 2012

PURPOSE: Survivors of acute lung injury (ALI) and their informal caregivers have difficulty coping with the physical and emotional challenges of recovery from critical illness. We aimed to develop and pilot test a telephone-based coping skills training intervention for this population. METHODS: Fifty-eight participants were enrolled overall. A total of 21 patients and 23 caregivers participated in a cross-sectional study to assess coping and its association with psychological distress. This also informed the development of an ALI coping skills training intervention in an iterative process involving content and methodological experts. The intervention was then evaluated in seven patients and seven caregivers in an uncontrolled, prospective, pre-post study. Outcomes included acceptability, feasibility, and symptoms of psychological distress measured with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and Post-Traumatic Symptom Scale (PTSS). RESULTS: Survivors and their caregivers used adaptive coping infrequently, a pattern that was strongly associated with psychological distress. These findings informed the development of a 12-session intervention for acquiring, applying, and maintaining coping skills. In the evaluation phase, participants completed 77 (92 %) of a possible 84 telephone sessions and all (100 %) reported the intervention's usefulness in their daily routine. Mean change scores reflecting improvements in the HADS (7.8 U) and PTSS (10.3 U) were associated with adaptive coping (r = 0.50-0.70) and high self-efficacy (r = 0.67-0.79). CONCLUSIONS: A novel telephone-based coping skills training intervention was acceptable, feasible, and may have been associated with a reduction in psychological distress among survivors of ALI and their informal caregivers. A randomized trial is needed to evaluate the intervention.

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Published In

Intensive Care Med

DOI

EISSN

1432-1238

Publication Date

August 2012

Volume

38

Issue

8

Start / End Page

1289 / 1297

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Telephone
  • Survivors
  • Stress, Psychological
  • Prospective Studies
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Emergency & Critical Care Medicine
 

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Cox, C. E., Porter, L. S., Hough, C. L., White, D. B., Kahn, J. M., Carson, S. S., … Keefe, F. J. (2012). Development and preliminary evaluation of a telephone-based coping skills training intervention for survivors of acute lung injury and their informal caregivers. Intensive Care Med, 38(8), 1289–1297. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-012-2567-3
Cox, Christopher E., Laura S. Porter, Catherine L. Hough, Douglas B. White, Jeremy M. Kahn, Shannon S. Carson, James A. Tulsky, and Francis J. Keefe. “Development and preliminary evaluation of a telephone-based coping skills training intervention for survivors of acute lung injury and their informal caregivers.Intensive Care Med 38, no. 8 (August 2012): 1289–97. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-012-2567-3.
Cox CE, Porter LS, Hough CL, White DB, Kahn JM, Carson SS, et al. Development and preliminary evaluation of a telephone-based coping skills training intervention for survivors of acute lung injury and their informal caregivers. Intensive Care Med. 2012 Aug;38(8):1289–97.
Cox, Christopher E., et al. “Development and preliminary evaluation of a telephone-based coping skills training intervention for survivors of acute lung injury and their informal caregivers.Intensive Care Med, vol. 38, no. 8, Aug. 2012, pp. 1289–97. Pubmed, doi:10.1007/s00134-012-2567-3.
Cox CE, Porter LS, Hough CL, White DB, Kahn JM, Carson SS, Tulsky JA, Keefe FJ. Development and preliminary evaluation of a telephone-based coping skills training intervention for survivors of acute lung injury and their informal caregivers. Intensive Care Med. 2012 Aug;38(8):1289–1297.
Journal cover image

Published In

Intensive Care Med

DOI

EISSN

1432-1238

Publication Date

August 2012

Volume

38

Issue

8

Start / End Page

1289 / 1297

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Telephone
  • Survivors
  • Stress, Psychological
  • Prospective Studies
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Emergency & Critical Care Medicine