Table 2.
Clinical Characteristics of Neuro-ICU Patients and their Family Caregivers
| Patients |
Caregivers |
Comparison |
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| Continuous Scores | M | SD | Range | M | SD | Range | t | df |
| Mindfulness | 33.93 | 5.49 | 19 – 45 | 33.89 | 5.16 | 20 – 43 | −0.05 | 63 |
| Coping | 32.75 | 9.27 | 11 – 52 | 32.77 | 9.03 | 14 – 51 | 0.23 | 64 |
| PTS Symptoms | 32.05 | 14.68 | 17 – 81 | 28.89 | 12.24 | 17 – 70 | 2.00* | 67 |
| Anxiety Symptoms | 7.20 | 4.26 | 0 – 21 | 7.21 | 4.17 | 0 – 16 | 0.56 | 68 |
| Depressive Symptoms | 5.24 | 3.72 | 0 – 18 | 5.57 | 2.86 | 1 – 15 | 0.31 | 69 |
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| % Meeting Clinical Cut-Off | N | % | – | N | % | – | χ2 | df |
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| PTS Symptoms | 15 | 21% | 14 | 17% | 0.39 | 1 | ||
| Anxiety Symptoms | 32 | 43% | 40 | 46% | 0.18 | 1 | ||
| Depressive Symptoms | 18 | 24% | 21 | 24% | 0 | 1 | ||
*
p < .05
Note. Mindfulness = CAMS-R; Coping = MOCS-A; Post-traumatic stress (PTS) symptoms = PCL-S; Anxiety symptoms = HADS-A; Depressive symptoms = HADS-D; Meeting clinical cut-off: symptomatic responses on 1 cluster B, 3 cluster C, and 2 cluster D items (PCL-S), ≥ 8 (HADS-A and HADS-D)