Coronavirus (COVID-19): mental health needs of hospitalised patients - report

Appendices

A: Suggested evaluation and outcome measures:

• Percent of patients engaged
• Percent of patients seen while in hospital
• Percent of high-risk patients engaged
• Patient, family and referrer satisfaction measures
• Screening measures completed at time of engagement and 12 months
• Time from positive screen to clinical assessment
• Time from assessment to initiation of treatment (presence of wait list)
• Percentage of patients completing treatment
• Clinical service extended to family and carers
• Scores on clinical measures plus appropriate quality of life measures (to be developed in coordination with the COVID Trauma Response Working Group)

B: Suggested screening measures:

• HADS (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale)
• TSQ (Trauma Screening Questionnaire)
• Cognitive Change Index (subjective cognitive change screen)
• Bespoke measure of positive coping
• Sleep measures

C: Indicative Post-ICU Rehabilitation Team Composition: Benchmarks

Multidisciplinary Post-Critical Care Clinic at Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust:

• Critical Care Consultant
• Critical Care Nurse
• Physiotherapist
• Occupational Therapist
• Psychologist (and referral to Liaison Psychiatry)
• Dietician
• Pharmacist

Recovery and Rehabilitation for Patients Following the Pandemic, Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine Position Statement and Provisional Guidance, May 2020: "The range of healthcare professionals involved in delivering the assessments and interventions:

• ICU nurse
• Clinical psychologist
• Intensive Care Consultant
• Rehabilitation Medicine Consultant (where available)
• Physiotherapist
• Pharmacist
• Social worker
• Dietician
• Admin
• Speech and Language Therapist
• Neuropsychiatrist or Liaison Psychiatrist
• Occupational Therapist