| APACHE | Acute physiology and chronic health evaluation |
| AT | Automatic thoughts |
| B-CBE | Brief cognitive-behavioral psycho-education program |
| CB | Cognitive-behavioral |
| C-DASS | Depression anxiety stress scale—Chinese |
| C-CCFNI | Critical care family need inventory—Chinese |
| C-ATQ | Automatic thoughts questionnaire—Chinese |
| FSEM | Five steps of emotion management |
| ICU | Intensive care unit |
| MFC | Main family caregiver |
| RCT | Randomized control trail |