A Quality Improvement Project to Support Post-Intensive Care Unit Patients with COVID-19: Structured Telephone Support.

ABSTRACT:

Background

More than 50% of intensive care unit (ICU) survivors suffer from long-lasting physical, psychosocial, and cognitive health impairments, also called "post-intensive care syndrome" (PICS). Intensive care admission during the COVID-19 pandemic was especially uncertain and stressful, both for patients and for their family. An additional risk of developing symptoms of PICS was feared in the absence of structural aftercare for the patient and family shortly after discharge from the hospital. The purpose of this quality improvement study was to identify PICS symptoms and to support post-intensive care patients and families in the transition from the hospital to the home. Therefore, we offered post-ICU patients and families structured telephone support (STS).

Methods

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SUBMITTER: Op 't Hoog SAJJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9368104 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature