Transitions of Care After Critical Illness-Challenges to Recovery and Adaptive Problem Solving.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Investigate the challenges experienced by survivors of critical illness and their caregivers across the transitions of care from intensive care to community, and the potential problem-solving strategies used to navigate these challenges.

Design

Qualitative design-data generation via interviews and data analysis via the framework analysis method.

Setting

Patients and caregivers from three continents, identified through the Society of Critical Care Medicine's THRIVE international collaborative sites (follow-up clinics and peer support groups).

Subjects

Patients and caregivers following critical illness.

Interventions

Nil.

Measurements and main results

From 86 interviews (66 patients, 20 caregivers), we identified the following major theme

SUBMITTER: Haines KJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8516700 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature