Frontiers in Public Health
Transitional care gaps and caregiver burden after ICU discharge: a cross-sectional study of patient–caregiver dyads
Background Survivors of critical illness experience post-intensive care syndrome (PICS), and family caregivers bear a parallel burden, PICS-family, while gaps in transitional-care services persist. We aimed to determine the prevalence of a high transitional-care gap after intensive care unit (ICU) discharge (primary outcome) and to assess whether it was associated with caregiving burden and psychological strain; a secondary aim was to assess residence-related access barriers. Methods A single-center cross-sectional …