Key Components of ICU Recovery Programs: What Did Patients Report Provided Benefit?

ABSTRACT: To understand from the perspective of patients who did, and did not attend ICU recovery programs, what were the most important components of successful programs and how should they be organized.

Design

International, qualitative study.

Setting

Fourteen hospitals in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia.

Patients

We conducted 66 semi-structured interviews with a diverse group of patients, 52 of whom had used an ICU recovery program and 14 whom had not.

Interventions

None.

Measurements and main results

Using content analysis, prevalent themes were documented to understand what improved their outcomes. Contrasting quotes from patients who had not received certain aspects of care were used to identify perceived differential effectiveness. Successfu

SUBMITTER: McPeake J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7188426 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature