EVALUAREA PSIHOLOGICĂ A DIMENSIUNILOR PSIHOEMOȚIONALE ALE PACIENȚILOR ÎN STARE CRITICĂ, INTERNAȚI ÎN SECȚIA CLINICĂ DE TERAPIE INTENSIVĂ

Psychological assessment of psychoemotional dimensions o critically ill patients 
admitted to the intensivecare unit

Summary. The present work aims to study the psychological manifestations of acute stress 
occurring in patients hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit, both from a cognitive, emotional and 
behavioral point of view, developing a diagnostic and psychological support tool used and tested in 
the assessment of the dynamics of acute stress disorder, anxiety and depression in patients admitted 
to intensive care units.
Despite the acquisitions in the field of quality of medical services in the Intensive Care Unit the 
anxiety of patients admitted to this unit, the critical state of patients, fear of medical treatments and 
specific procedures (which can develop into a pervasive disorder, which adversely affects many areas 
of individual functioning) involves a procession of cognitive-emotional and behavioural symptoms 
of varying intensity and frequency, often with an insidious evolution, which affects the patient’s 
compliance with treatment, and therefore the patient’s health.