The impact of family- center interventions on anxiety and depression of low-conscious patient’s family hospitalized in the intensive care units: A randomized clinical trial study

low-conscious Patients’ families should be having healthy mental, because of the have a crucial role in the supportive of patient, then this study aimed for determinant of impact the family- center interventions on anxiety and depression of low-conscious patient’s family hospitalized in the intensive care unit (ICU).

This study was a randomize clinical trial with before after design, that conducted in the Shohadaie Ashaier and Shahid Rahimi hospitals’ intensive care units in the Khorramabad city in 2019. 70 people of patients’ family selected by conventional method and allocated intervention and control groups by stratified randomized block design for sexual. Data gathered by the hospital anxiety and depression scale. Intervention conducted based family-centered model for intervention group. Data analyzed by SPSS software and statistical tests such as Chi Squared, independent and dependent T test and ANOVA test.

Data showed, between changes of score average of anxiety and depression in the control and intervention groups were significant deferential statistically(pvalu<0.001).  

  Participation of low-conscious Patients’ families, in the caring of their patients in the ICU could lead to reduce of anxiety and depression of patients’ family members.