Identifying patients' support needs following critical illness: a scoping review of the qualitative literature.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Intensive care survivors suffer chronic and potentially life-changing physical, psychosocial and cognitive sequelae, and supporting recovery is an international priority. As survivors' transition from the intensive care unit to home, their support needs develop and change.

Methods

In this scoping review, we categorised patients' support needs using House's Social Support Needs framework (informational, emotional, instrumental, appraisal) and mapped these against the Timing it Right framework reflecting the patient's transition from intensive care (event/diagnosis) to ward (stabilisation/preparation) and discharge home (implementation/adaptation). We searched electronic databases from 2000 to 2017 for qualitative research studies reporting adult critical care survi

SUBMITTER: King J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6533750 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature