Towards definitions of critical illness and critical care using concept analysis

ABSTRACT:

Objective

As ‘critical illness’ and ‘critical care’ lack consensus definitions, this study aimed to explore how the concepts’ are used, describe their defining attributes, and propose potential definitions.

Design and methods

We used the Walker and Avant approach to concept analysis. The uses and definitions of the concepts were identified through a scoping review of the literature and an online survey of 114 global clinical experts. We used the Arksey and O’Malley framework for scoping reviews and searched in PubMed and Web of Science with a strategy including terms around critical illness/care and definitions/etymologies limited to publications in English between 1 January 2008 and 1 January 2020. The experts were selected through purposive sampling and snowballing, wit

SUBMITTER: Kayambankadzanja, R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9445819 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature