National Online Peer Support for People Recovering From Critical Illness and Their Families: A Study Protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People surviving critical illness often experience long-lasting impairments of varying severity known as post-intensive care syndrome. These challenges persist well beyond hospital discharge and affect not only patients but also their families. Peer support services, defined as structured interventions where former ICU patients use their lived experience to support each other through shared understanding, are well established in England and several other countries. In Denmark, however, only in-person peer support meetings are offered. Approximately 10% of those invited in Denmark attend these meetings, so low attendance, which may reflect practical barriers or limited knowledge about the concept.

Objective

To co-create, develop, and evaluate a Danish online peer-s

SUBMITTER: Kjær MN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12937048 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature