OBJECTIVES: This review identifies the most significant factors, which impact upon the user
experience of progress and recovery from critical illness during the first month after …

Background Intensive care survivors suffer chronic and potentially life-changing physical,
psychosocial and cognitive sequelae, and supporting recovery is an international priority. As …

AIMS: To critically review the literature in order to describe the themes associated with the
experience of critical illness and consider how these inform the patients understanding …

Objective To critically summarise the qualitative literature to understand patients'
experiences of delusional memories during their Intensive Care Unit stay. Research …

Aim To identify and synthesize the evidence regarding adult patients' memories from their
stay in the intensive care unit. Design A qualitative systematic review and meta‐synthesis …

Background Discharge from critical care to a general care unit is a difficult period, and more
effective information is needed to support patients and their families at this time. Objectives …

OBJECTIVES: This paper reports on an intervention designed during an ongoing two phase
project aimed at improving early critical illness rehabilitation. It focuses specifically on the …

Background: Absent or delusional memories are experienced by many patients following an
intensive care unit (ICU) stay. Up to 70% may have delusional or hallucinatory intrusive …

Background Following an episode of critical illness, two thirds of critical care unit (CrCU)
survivors experience significant problems with physical functioning, mental health, social …

Aim: To create new meaning of the experiences of intensive care survivors during early
recovery and the meaning of “self” during this time. To add to the understanding of how …