Published on in Vol 10 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/73769, first published .
Evaluation of a Tablet-Based Emotion Regulation Intervention for Surrogate Decision-Makers of Patients With Critical Illness: Pilot Nonrandomized Trial

Evaluation of a Tablet-Based Emotion Regulation Intervention for Surrogate Decision-Makers of Patients With Critical Illness: Pilot Nonrandomized Trial

Evaluation of a Tablet-Based Emotion Regulation Intervention for Surrogate Decision-Makers of Patients With Critical Illness: Pilot Nonrandomized Trial

Grant Pignatiello   1 * , PhD ;   Paul J Tuschman   1 * , MSW ;   Stephanie Alisha Griggs   1 * , PhD ;   Nicholas K Schiltz   1 * , PhD ;   Heath A Demaree   2 * , PhD ;   Alex Klinck   1 * ;   Alan Hoffer   3, 4 * , MD ;   Ronald L Hickman Jr   1 * , MSN, PhD

1 Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, United States

2 Department of Psychological Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States

3 Department of Neurological Surgery, Harrington Heart and Vascular Institute, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH, United States

4 School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States

*all authors contributed equally

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  • Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing
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