Providing psychological support to people in intensive care: development and feasibility study of a nurse-led intervention to prevent acute stress and long-term morbidity.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Adverse psychological outcomes, following stressful experiences in critical care, affect up to 50% of patients. We aimed to develop and test the feasibility of a psychological intervention to reduce acute stress and prevent future morbidity.

Design

A mixed-methods intervention development study, using two stages of the UK Medical Research Council framework for developing and testing complex interventions. Stage one (development) involved identifying an evidence base for the intervention, developing a theoretical understanding of likely processes of change and modelling change processes and outcomes. Stage two comprised two linked feasibility studies.

Setting

Four UK general adult critical care units.

Participants

Stage one: former and current patient

SUBMITTER: Wade D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6059275 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature