ArticleJournal of rehabilitation medicine2021
Post-intensive care syndrome following cardiothoracic critical care: Feasibility of a complex intervention.
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- Language Barriers and Other Determinants of Post-Intensive Care Unit Follow-Up: A 5-Year Review.Mayo Clinic proceedings. Innovations, quality & outcomes · 2026Article
- Nursing Interventions for Post-Intensive Care Syndrome in Follow-Up Clinics: A Scoping Review.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2026Review
- Mental health sequelae and management in survivors of cardiogenic shock: a nationwide population-based study.Critical care (London, England) · 2026Article
- Post-Intensive Care Syndrome: From Diagnosis To Treatment.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2026Review
- Anxiety, depression and distress in family members of people who have experienced a critical care admission: a systematic review and Bayesian meta-analysis.Journal of intensive care · 2025Article
- Post-COVID-19 Consequences in Relatives of Severely Ill Patients: Results of the Prospective Multicenter NeNeSCo Study.Clinical nursing research · 2025Article
- Changes in Physical Function, Cognitive Function, Mental Health, and Sleep Quality After Cardiac Surgeries and Procedures.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2025Article
- Development and Validation of a Nomogram Prediction Model for Key Symptoms of Post-Intensive Care Syndrome-Family in Family Members of Critically-Ill Patients: Focusing on Sleep Disturbance, Fatigue, Anxiety, and Depression.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo describe the long-term outcomes of cardiac intensive care unit patients and their primary caregivers, and to explore the feasibility of implementing a complex intervention, designed to support problems associated with post-intensive care syndrome and post-intensive care syndrome-family, in the year following discharge from the cardiac intensive care unit.
designA complex multidisciplinary rehabilitation programme, delivered as a quality improvement initiative, in a single centre in the West of Scotland. Outcomes were measured using surveys of health related quality of life, self efficacy, anxiety, depression, pain, caregiver strain, and insomnia.
participantsPatients and their caregivers were invited to participate 12 weeks after hospital discharge. Twenty-seven patients and 23 caregivers attended the programme.
resultsOver 90% of patients had problems in at least one quality of life domain at baseline, 41% of patients had symptoms of anxiety and 22% had symptoms of depression. During the baseline visit, caregiver strain was present in 20% of caregivers, 57% had symptoms of anxiety, and 35% had symptoms of depression. Improvements in outcomes were seen in both patients and caregivers at 1-year follow-up. The programme was implemented, and iterative learning obtained about the content and the operationalization of the service, in order to understand feasibility.
conclusionThis small-scale quality improvement project has demonstrated that this complex multidisciplinary rehabilitation programme is feasible and has positive implications for patients following discharge from the cardiac intensive care unit, and their caregivers.
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