Effectiveness of psychiatric support for PTSD among a cohort of relatives of patients hospitalized in an intensive care unit during the French COVID-19 lockdown—The OLAF (Opération Liaison et Aide aux Familles): A quasi-randomized clinical trial

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Raymond, Valentin | Aïtout, Camille | Ducos, Guillaume | Coullomb, Alexis | Ferré, Fabrice | Vardon-Bounes, Fanny | Riu-Poulenc, Béatrice | Seguin, Thierry | Boukhatem, Leïla | Geeraerts, Thomas | Minville, Vincent | Fourcade, Olivier | Birmes, Philippe | Arbus, Christophe | Silva, Stein | Salles, Juliette

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International audience. SARS-CoV-2 can lead to hospitalization in intensive care units (ICUs). Having a family member admitted to an ICU can cause severe psychological stress, including anxiety, depression, or post-traumaticstress disorder (PSTD). These multiple disorders define the post-intensive care syndrome family (PICS-F) . Recommendations exist to prevent PICS-F, grouped into a family-centered approach. Nevertheless, the pandemic led to major restrictions and, in France, a strict lockdown in March 2020, including the prohibition of visits to the ICU. This raised concerns about an increase in the risk of PTSD amongthe relatives of ICU patients. To prevent this increase, the psychiatric and other ICU teams of Toulouse University Hospital created a temporary service known as OLAF (in French, Op´eration de Liaison et d’Aide auxFamilles), as described in Raymond et al. (2021).

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