Impact of transition on psychological health parameters

Admission to an intensive care unit is a stressful and extremely notable hospital experience for patients and their family members. Patients admitted in the ICU face several healthcare transitions within the healthcare setting during their recovery, which certainly affects patient’s health. A descriptive correlational study design was carried out to assess the impact of transition on psychological health parameters of patients transferred from ICU to the wards. In this study non probability consecutive sampling technique was used. The major finding revealed that amongst psychological parameters the mean value of anger was higher as compared to other components like helplessness, anxiety, and feeling of loneliness. The correlation between components of psychological parameters was found to be highly significant. The finding of the study provided insight that there was impact of transition on psychological health parameters of patients after shifting from ICU to general wards. Those patients transferred from ICU to the wards needed psychological preparation by the health care personnel to reduce the adverse effect of transition on their psychological health parameters.