Intensive care survivor ‐reported symptoms: a longitudinal study of survivors' symptoms

ConclusionsIntensive care survivors have multiple symptoms and the prevalence rates of these symptoms remained almost unchanged from 3 months to 1 year after ICU discharge. The presence of pain was associated with high odds for the presence of sleep disturbance, anxiety/depression, PTSS and fatigue, compared to a no‐pain group. ICU survivors may benefit from targeted interventions designed to alleviate the symptom burden.
Relevance to clinical practiceKnowledge about ICU survivor's prevalence and risk for having multiple symptoms may help health care professionals to give better care, if needed, to the ICU survivors.

Source: Nursing in Critical Care - December 15, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Anne Kathrine Langerud, Tone Rust øen, Milaancarova Småstuen, Ulf Kongsgaard, Audun Stubhaug Tags: Research Source Type: research