ArticleJournal of the Intensive Care Society2021
Improving patient diary use in intensive care: A quality improvement report.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Effect of intensive care unit diary on quality of life of intensive care unit survivors and their relatives: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Nursing open · 2023Pooled it
- Bridging Gaps in Holistic Rehabilitation After Critical Illness: A Systematic Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- The implementation and evaluation of a family-led novel intervention for delirium prevention and management in adult critically ill patients: A mixed-methods pilot study.Nursing in critical care · 2025Article
- Multilingual Framework for Risk Assessment and Symptom Tracking (MRAST).Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- The use and application of intensive care unit diaries: An instrumental multiple case study.PloS one · 2024Article
- The ICU Bridge Program: volunteers bridging medicine and people together.Critical care (London, England) · 2022Review
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Abstract
backgroundPatients surviving critical illness are at risk of developing psychological symptoms that affect quality of life and recovery. Patient diaries may improve psychological outcomes by reducing gaps in memory and contextualising what has happened during admission. Factors including lack of guidelines, lack of awareness and time constraints may lead to poor diary use.
aimsThis quality improvement project aimed to increase diary provision and overall multidisciplinary team engagement with diaries for all patients admitted for over 72 h to an intensive care unit.
methodsTrialled changes implemented via the 'Plan-Do-Study-Act' method included adding alerts to the online patient note system, providing education sessions and introducing a guidance document to facilitate entry completion.
resultsA 'diary provision' target of 100% was achieved (from a baseline of 26.1%). Simple changes have proven effective in establishing routine engagement with diaries, and lessons may be used to improve diary systems elsewhere.
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