ArticleActa anaesthesiologica Scandinavica2022
Intensive care-treated COVID-19 patients' perception of their illness and remaining symptoms.
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- Patients' experiences of humanising care in Scandinavian intensive care units - a systematic review.Nursing ethics · 2026Pooled it
- Global prevalence of post-COVID-19 condition: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective evidence.Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2025Pooled it
- Surviving COVID-19: patients' experiences of care and path to recovery.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2024Article
- Being between life and death-experiences of COVID-19 survivors 12 to 18 months after being treated in intensive care.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2024Article
- Health-related quality of life after surviving intensive care for COVID-19: a prospective multicenter cohort study.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Effect of awake prone positioning on tracheal intubation rates in patients with COVID-19: A meta-analysis.Heliyon · 2023Review
- Poor long-term recovery after critical COVID-19 during 12 months longitudinal follow-up.Intensive & critical care nursing · 2023Article
- The Stressful Memory Assessment Checklist for the Intensive Care Unit (SMAC-ICU): Development and Testing.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Intensive care-treated COVID-19 patients' perception of their illness and remaining symptoms.Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica · 2022Article
- How the Innate Immune System of the Blood Contributes to Systemic Pathology in COVID-19-Induced ARDS and Provides Potential Targets for Treatment.Frontiers in immunology · 2022Review
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backgroundThe remaining symptoms in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) treated in intensive care unit are limited described. Therefore, we assessed patient's perception of their COVID-19 disease, stay in intensive care, and remaining symptoms three to six months after intensive care.
methodsProspective cohort study was performed in one intensive care unit of a university hospital in Sweden during the first wave. A questionnaire with open-ended questions and closed-ended questions was used. Data were analyzed using qualitative and quantitative content analysis and descriptive statistics.
resultsOut of 123 patients treated for COVID-19, 64 answered the questionnaire 3-6 months after discharge from intensive care. Memories from illness and hospital stay revealed in three categories; awareness of the illness, losing anchor to reality and being cared for in a dynamic environment. Information was perceived as spare by 48% and they wanted the information to be more personal. The diary was perceived as personal and was received by 33% patients. The relationship with family was affected among 39% and 13% of the patients indicated that they had not resumed their daily life. A large amount, 84%, indicated that they had remaining symptoms from COVID-19. The dominated symptoms were impaired strength and energy both physically and mentally.
conclusionPatients reported a variety of physical and mental symptoms, and revealed memories from the ICU, and specific awareness of other patients' health. It illustrates the need for screening patients for remaining symptoms after COVID-19 disease and ICU care and may affect resuming patients' daily life.
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