The Experience of Physical Recovery and Physical Rehabilitation Following Hospital Discharge for Intensive Care Survivors-A Qualitative Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Over 120,000 people in the UK survive critical illness each year, with over 60% of these experiencing mobility issues and reduced health-related quality of life after discharge home. This qualitative systematic review aimed to explore critical care survivors' perceptions, opinions, and experiences of physical recovery and physical rehabilitation following hospital discharge.

Methods

This review followed the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) methodology with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) and was conducted between January 2020 and June 2022. The search was conducted using the following databases: Embase, CINAHL, Medline Ovid, Cochrane, and the Joanna Briggs Institute, and sources of grey literature were searched for elig

SUBMITTER: Goddard S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10801540 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature