biostudies-literatureUnknown26(1)Beutel AKlinikum der Universität München<h4>Background</h4>Approximately 20-25% of patients who survive medical treatment at an intensive care unit (ICU) develop post-traumatic stress symptoms. There is currently a gap in follow-up care for them. As part of the PICTURE study, general practitioners (GPs) carried out a brief interview-based intervention. The aim of this sub-study is to record the most distressing memories of ICU treatment from the patient's perspective and their evaluation of a GP-based brief psychological intervention.<h4>Methods</h4>Participants were recruited from the intervention group of the main PICTURE study using selective sampling. All of them had experienced an ICU stay with mechanical ventilation and severe organ failure in the previous two years. They were interviewed about their experience of psycholoBMC primary care12https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11734548biostudies-literaturePatient perspectives on stress after ICU and a short primary care based psychological intervention - results from a qualitative sub‑study of the PICTURE trial.PMC11734548PICTURE study groupFriederich POltrogge JKowalski MWeierstall-Pust RHardt HRank NJaschinski UWassilowsky DScherer MThurm FBergmann ABrettner FPapiol SReill LVoigt KSchauer MDohmann JTheisen KHuge VVogl TSanftenberg LGensichen JSchneider GGuldner AMay SNey LBeutel ASchneider AKaiser EKlefisch FRLuhmann DGerlach HBriegel JAdrion CSchelling GSchelling JBogdanski RFranz MGallinat JJoos SLindemann DKonig HHSchneider JLackermeier PSchulze TGRagaller MScherag ABrettschneider CSinghammer JRuchhardt ALaugwitz KLRichter HPChristian ZSchmidt KWehrstedt RSchnurr JSchubert TElbert THeintze CSchumacher KReips UDGehrke-Beck SKoch TKoch RLinde KWell HWascher CZwissler BWeiss BLe TRiessen RKosilek RPBurkle MHoppmann PAngstwurm MIrlbeck Mvon Heymann CBielmeier GFriemel CMBischhoff APankow WLies AHeinz AKerinn MSpieth PSchultz SWalther AFohr BWeiss GFalkai PFelbinger TRingeis GLemke YFisch RForstl HWeis MJarczak DKluge SHeller AfalsePatient perspectives on stress after ICU and a short primary care based psychological intervention - results from a qualitative sub‑study of the PICTURE trial.<h4>Background</h4>Approximately 20-25% of patients who survive medical treatment at an intensive care unit (ICU) develop post-traumatic stress symptoms. There is currently a gap in follow-up care for them. As part of the PICTURE study, general practitioners (GPs) carried out a brief interview-based intervention. The aim of this sub-study is to record the most distressing memories of ICU treatment from the patient's perspective and their evaluation of a GP-based brief psychological intervention.<h4>Methods</h4>Participants were recruited from the intervention group of the main PICTURE study using selective sampling. All of them had experienced an ICU stay with mechanical ventilation and severe organ failure in the previous two years. They were interviewed about their experience of psycholo2025-01-01T00:00:00Z2025 Jan2026-06-01T13:04:15.405Z2025-04-06T01:18:12.5ZS-EPMC117345483981519810.1186/s12875-024-02698-6