Health perspectives after intensive care unit-discharge: Insights from patient and family interviews.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The long-term consequences after an intensive care unit (ICU) hospitalization can be significant for both ICU survivors and their family members. Research in the past decades has shown that patients may develop new onset or worsened impairments in the physical, mental and cognitive domain and family members are known to experience psychological problems following ICU discharge. Furthermore, these impairments may affect daily functioning as well as family functioning.

Aim

To gain insight into the way ICU survivors and their family members experience their health, three months after ICU discharge and to what extend this affects their roles and relationships within the family system.

Design

An exploratory, qualitative study with in-depth interviewing.

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SUBMITTER: Onrust M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12686646 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature