title: Role of psychosocial care on ICU trauma.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Patients treated in intensive care units (ICU) though receive the best medical attention are found to suffer from trauma typically attributed to the ICU environment. Biopsychosocial approach in ICUs is found to minimize ICU trauma.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This study investigates the role of psychosocial care on patients in ICU after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG).
  
  
  METHODS
  The study included 250 post-operative CABG patients from five corporate hospitals. The combination of between subject and correlation design was used.
  
  
  METHODS
  The ICU psychosocial care scale (ICUPCS) and ICU trauma scale (ICUTS) were used to measure the psychosocial care and trauma.
  
  
  METHODS
  ANOVA and simple and multiple regression were applied.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Hospitals significantly differed in psychosocial care provided in ICUs. Higher the psychosocial care in ICU, lower was the ICU trauma experienced and vice versa. Psychosocial care was a significant major predictor of ICU trauma.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The study suggests emphasis on psychosocial aspects in ICU care for optimizing prognosis.
authors.affiliation: Department for Health Psychology, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Usha
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Chivukula
authors.affiliation: Department for Health Psychology, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Meena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hariharan
authors.affiliation: Department for Health Psychology, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Suvashisa
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rana
authors.affiliation: Department for Health Psychology, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Marlyn
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.affiliation: Department for Health Psychology, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Sunayana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Swain
keywords: Intensive care units (ICU); psychosocial care; trauma