ArticleCritical care explorations2021
Optimizing Critical Illness Recovery: Perspectives and Solutions From the Caregivers of ICU Survivors.
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38 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Recovery After Critical Illness: A Meta-Ethnography of Patient, Family and Staff Perspectives.Journal of advanced nursing · 2026Review
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- A qualitative study exploring critical care survivors' and their clinicians' shared experiences of navigating a fragmented care system.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Post-Intensive Care Syndrome Awareness and Communication: Surveys of ICU Providers and Patients.Chest · 2026Article
- The role of family caregivers in critical illness survivor recovery at home: A qualitative study.Journal of health services research & policy · 2026Article
- "Lost in Transition": Informational Needs of Sepsis Survivors and Their Relatives Across the Care Trajectory-A Qualitative Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- 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
- Exploring the experience of patients who receive a telephone follow-up call from intensive care unit nurse specialists following hospital discharge: A descriptive survey.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2025Article
- Delirium and Self-Reported Driving Behaviors and Outcomes After Critical Illness.JAMA network open · 2025Article
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- Interventions for adult survivors discharged from the intensive care unit: a scoping review.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Risk Factors and Consequences of Financial Hardship among Family of Critically Ill Patients.Annals of the American Thoracic Society · 2025Article
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- [Post-Intensive Care Syndrome: functional impairments of critical illness survivors].Die Anaesthesiologie · 2025Review
- The interactivity and independence of Recovery challenges and coping strategies for ICU survivors and their caregivers: a systematic review and Meta-synthesis.BMC nursing · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo understand the unmet needs of caregivers of ICU survivors, how they accessed support post ICU, and the key components of beneficial ICU recovery support systems as identified from a caregiver perspective.
designInternational, qualitative study. SUBJECTS: We conducted 20 semistructured interviews with a diverse group of caregivers in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia, 11 of whom had interacted with an ICU recovery program.
settingSeven hospitals in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia.
interventionsNone. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN
resultsContent analysis was used to explore prevalent themes related to unmet needs, as well as perceived strategies to improve ICU outcomes. Post-ICU care was perceived to be generally inadequate. Desired caregiver support fell into two main categories: practical support and emotional support. Successful care delivery initiatives included structured programs, such as post discharge telephone calls, home health programs, post-ICU clinics, and peer support groups, and standing information resources, such as written educational materials and online resources.
conclusionsThis qualitative, multicenter, international study of caregivers of critical illness survivors identified consistently unmet needs, means by which caregivers accessed support post ICU, and several care mechanisms identified by caregivers as supporting optimal ICU recovery.
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