Nursing Interventions for Post-Intensive Care Syndrome in Follow-Up Clinics: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT: The rise in ICU survival rates has introduced new challenges related to the long-term effects of intensive care, known as Post-Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS). Nurses play a key role in these clinics; however, the nature and outcomes of their interventions remain insufficiently understood. Objectives: This review aims to identify nursing interventions for PICS in follow-up clinics. Methods: Using the JBI scoping review methodology, we searched PubMed, Web of Science and CINAHL (via EBSCOhost) in March 2025, and examined grey literature in RCAAP and Open Dissertations (through B-ON). Inclusion criteria, based on JBI's PCC (Population, Concept, Context), focused on nursing interventions for PICS for patients and families in follow-up. Studies involving children, adolescents, pre

SUBMITTER: Goncalves T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12943742 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature