THE EFFICACY OF SENSATION AWARENESS FOCUSED TRAINING IN ALLEVIATING POST INTENSIVE CARE SYNDROME-FAMILY (PICS-F) AMONG ICU FAMILIES

Regidor lll Dioso; Nazia Yousef

doi:10.46903/1615

THE EFFICACY OF SENSATION AWARENESS FOCUSED TRAINING IN ALLEVIATING POST INTENSIVE CARE SYNDROME-FAMILY (PICS-F) AMONG ICU FAMILIES

Regidor lll Dioso, Nazia Yousef

Abstract

Background: Post Intensive Care Syndrome-Family (PICS-F) encompasses a cluster of psychological disorders such as anxiety, depression, acute stress disorder, PTSD, and complex grief experienced by the patient’s family after an ICU stay. These challenges can significantly impair the family’s ability to support the patient’s recovery following critical care. The current study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of Sensation Awareness Focused Training as treatment for Post Intensive Care Syndrome-Family

Materials & Methods: PICS-F is a form of psychological and emotional distress experienced by family members of individuals who have undergone intensive care and takes the form of a generalized anxiety disorder, major depressive disorder and, in the most severe cases, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). SAFT intervention focuses on improving awareness of sensory experiences as an early treatment that provides families with sensory-based strategies that they can use to alleviate bodily-focused sensations.

Results: The current study supports the position that sensory awareness can promote modulation of body-focused practices and, thus, reliably reduces emotional regulation and decreases brief psychological injury. Comparison of PICS-F is by definition multidimensional.

Conclusions: The study argued that a sensory awareness-based intervention would improve bodily-focused processes and at the same time profoundly decrease the rate or degree of occurrence of PICS-F.

Keywords

PICS-F, PTSD, ICU, SAFT

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