Post-Intensive Care Unit Care. A Qualitative Analysis of Patient Priorities and Implications for Redesign.

ABSTRACT: Rationale: Although survival during critical illness is improving, little evidence exists to guide post-intensive care unit (ICU) care. Understanding patients' needs and priorities is fundamental to improving care quality.Objectives: To describe the evolution of patients' priorities for recovery across the spectrum of post-ICU care.Methods: This was a secondary analysis of 39 semistructured interviews conducted from 2005 to 2006 in participants' homes 19 days to 11 years after hospital discharge after critical illness. Adult critical illness survivors (N = 39) aged 20 years or older from multiple ICUs across the United Kingdom were purposively selected to maximize diversity with respect to time since diagnosis, disease severity, sex, age, ethnicity, socioeconomi

SUBMITTER: Scheunemann LP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6993800 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature