Patients' Adaptations After Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many patients confront physical, cognitive, and emotional problems after acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). No proven therapies for these problems exist, and many patients manage new disability and recovery with little formal support. Eliciting patients' adaptations to these problems after hospitalization may identify opportunities to improve recovery.

Objectives

To explore how patients adapt to physical, cognitive, and emotional changes related to hospitalization for ARDS.

Methods

Semistructured interviews were conducted after hospitalization in patients with ARDS who had received mechanical ventilation. This was an ancillary study to a multicenter randomized controlled trial. Consecutive surviving patients who spoke English, consented to follow-u

SUBMITTER: Hauschildt KE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9214834 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature