Publication Name	World Journal of Psychiatry
Manuscript ID	124591
DOI	10.5498/wjp.124591
Country	China

Category	Psychiatry
Manuscript Type	Retrospective Cohort Study
Article Title	Impact of event scale-revised-defined early psychological stress and 90-day outcomes in septic shock survivors
Manuscript Source	Unsolicited Manuscript
All Author List	Lin Chai, Xiao-Yu Liu, Ming Luo, Peng-Fei Liang, Ying-Ming Li, Ling Li and Shu-Bin Guo
Funding Agency and Grant Number
Corresponding Author	Shu-Bin Guo, Emergency Medicine Clinical Research Center, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Key Laboratory of Cardiopulmonary Cerebral Resuscitation, No. 8 South Road of Worker's Stadium, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100020, China. shubin007@yeah.net
Key Words	Septic shock; Psychological stress symptoms; Impact of Event Scale-Revised; Intensive care survivors; Post-intensive care syndrome; Retrospective cohort
Core Tip	In this single-center retrospective cohort, 78 of 195 septic shock survivors (40.0%) met an operational high-stress threshold of Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R) ≥ 33 at intensive care unit (ICU) discharge or day 7. High-stress status was associated with greater illness severity, more intensive ICU treatment, biomarker abnormalities, and worse unadjusted 90-day outcomes. Because several variables in the multivariable model were measured during or after the index assessment window, the model is best interpreted as an exploratory retrospective association/classification analysis rather than a validated early prediction tool. Baseline IES-R was removed from receiver operating characteristic comparisons because IES-R defined the high-stress outcome.
Citation	Chai L, Liu XY, Luo M, Liang PF, Li YM, Li L, Guo SB. Impact of event scale-revised-defined early psychological stress and 90-day outcomes in septic shock survivors. World J Psychiatry 2026; In press DOI: https://doi.org/10.5498/wjp.124591
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Received	2026-06-18 10:20
Peer-Review Started	2026-06-18 10:20
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Return for Revision	2026-07-14 07:39
Revised	2026-08-19 10:40
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Second Decision by Editor	2026-10-14 05:44
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Final Decision by Editorial Office Director	2026-10-14 08:39
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