ArticleBMJ open2014
A UK survey of rehabilitation following critical illness: implementation of NICE Clinical Guidance 83 (CG83) following hospital discharge.
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- Development of the support needs after ICU (SNAC) questionnaire.Nursing in critical care · 2022Pooled it
- Factors influencing physical activity and rehabilitation in survivors of critical illness: a systematic review of quantitative and qualitative studies.Intensive care medicine · 2017Pooled it
- Appetite during the recovery phase of critical illness: a cohort study.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2018Trial
- Exercise-based rehabilitation after hospital discharge for survivors of critical illness with intensive care unit-acquired weakness: A pilot feasibility trial.Journal of critical care · 2015Trial
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- Critical illness and recovery-learning from the shared experience of survivors and their families: A qualitative study.Journal of the Intensive Care Society · 2026Article
- Post-intensive care syndrome screening: a French multicentre survey.Annals of intensive care · 2024Article
- The Experience of Physical Recovery and Physical Rehabilitation Following Hospital Discharge for Intensive Care Survivors-A Qualitative Systematic Review.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2024Review
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- Recovery from Covid-19 critical illness: A secondary analysis of the ISARIC4C CCP-UK cohort study and the RECOVER trial.Journal of the Intensive Care Society · 2023Article
- Therapy professionals in critical care: A UK wide workforce survey.Journal of the Intensive Care Society · 2023Article
- Postacute Sequelae of COVID-19 Critical Illness.Critical care clinics · 2022Review
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- A human factors analysis of missed mobilisation after discharge from intensive care: a competition for care?Physiotherapy · 2021Article
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- What makes a "successful" or "unsuccessful" discharge letter? Hospital clinician and General Practitioner assessments of the quality of discharge letters.BMC health services research · 2021Article
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- British Thoracic Society survey of rehabilitation to support recovery of the post-COVID-19 population.BMJ open · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo determine the implementation of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance (NICE CG83) for posthospital discharge critical illness follow-up and rehabilitation programmes.
designClosed-question postal survey.
settingAdult intensive care units (ICUs) across the UK, identified from national databases of organisations. Specialist-only and private ICUs were not included.
participantsSenior respiratory critical care physiotherapy clinicians.
resultsA representative sample of 182 surveys was returned from the 240 distributed (75.8% (95% CI 70.4 to 81.2)). Only 48 organisations (27.3% (95% CI 20.7 to 33.9)) offered a follow-up service 2-3 months following hospital discharge, the majority (n=39, 84.8%) in clinic format. 12 organisations reported posthospital discharge rehabilitation programmes (6.8% (95% CI 3.1 to 10.5)), albeit only 10 of these operated on a regular basis. Lack of funding was reported as the most frequent (n=149/164, 90%) and main barrier (n=99/156, 63.5%) to providing services. Insufficient resources (n=71/164, 43.3%) and lack of priority by the clinical management team (n=66/164, 40.2%) were also highly cited barriers to service delivery.
conclusionsNICE CG83 has been successful in profiling the importance of rehabilitation for survivors of critical illness. However, 4 years following publication of CG83 there has been limited development of this clinical service across the UK. Strategies to support delivery of such quality improvement programmes are urgently required to enhance patient care.
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