ArticleNursing in critical care2023
Patients' perspectives of recovery after COVID-19 critical illness: An interview study.
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- Impact of restricted family presence during the COVID-19 pandemic on critically ill patients, families, and critical care clinicians: a qualitative systematic review.BMC health services research · 2024Pooled it
- Communication Barriers in Patient-Provider Interactions in Health Care: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
- A qualitative study exploring critical care survivors' and their clinicians' shared experiences of navigating a fragmented care system.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- 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
- Surviving COVID-19: patients' experiences of care and path to recovery.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2024Article
- Patients' perspectives of recovery after COVID-19 critical illness: An interview study.Nursing in critical care · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundCritical illness is a traumatic experience, often resulting in post-intensive care syndrome, affecting people's physical, psychological, emotional, and social well-being. The early recovery period is associated with increased risk, negatively impacting longer-term outcomes.
aimsThe aims of this study were to understand the recovery and rehabilitation needs of people who survive a COVID-19 critical illness. STUDY
designAn exploratory descriptive qualitative interview study with 20 survivors of COVID-19 critical illness from two community-based healthcare settings in London, England. Data collection took place September 2020-April 2021, at least 1 month after hospital discharge by telephone or virtual platform. Data were subjected to inductive thematic analysis and mapped deductively to the three core concepts of self-determination theory: autonomy, competence and relatedness.
resultsThree key themes emerged: traumatic experience, human connection and navigating a complex system. Participants described how societal restrictions, fear and communication problems caused by the pandemic added to their trauma and the challenge of recovery. The importance of positive human connections, timely information and support to navigate the system was emphasized.
conclusionsWhilst findings to some extent mirror those of other qualitative pre-pandemic studies, our findings highlight how the uncertainty and instability caused by the pandemic add to the challenge of recovery affecting all core concepts of self-determination (autonomy, competence, relatedness). RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE: Understanding survivors' perspectives of rehabilitation needs following COVID-19 critical illness is vital to delivery of safe, high-quality care. To optimize chances of effective recovery, survivors desire a specialist, co-ordinated and personalized recovery pathway, which reflects humanized care. This should be considered when planning future service provisions.
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