Objectives To assess the effect of an intensive care unit (ICU) diary versus no ICU diary on
patients, and their caregivers or families, during the patient's recovery from admission to an …

Abstract Objectives Patient, Family-Centred Care (PFCC) is internationally advocated as a
way to improve patient care. The aim of this integrative review was to extend the knowledge …

Objective: To assess the impact of an intensive care unit diary on the psychological well-
being of patients and relatives 3 and 12 months after intensive care unit discharge. Design …

Objectives: Critical illness can have a significant psychological impact on patients and their
families. To inform the design of a larger trial, we assessed feasibility of ICU diaries and …

Objective: After a stay in the intensive care unit, patients risk experiencing delusional
memories, memory loss, and symptoms of posttraumatic stress. Since the 1990s, diaries …

Background Long COVID is a rapidly evolving global health crisis requiring interdisciplinary
support strategies that incorporate the lived experience of patients. Currently, there is a …

Purpose Keeping an ICU patient diary has been reported to benefit the patient's recovery.
Here, we investigated the families' experience with reading and writing in patient ICU diaries …

Background and aims A trend towards lighter sedation has been evident in many intensive
care units (ICUs). The aims of the survey were to describe sedation practice in European …

Objective To explore recurrent themes in diaries kept by intensive care unit (ICU) staff during
the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Design Qualitative study. Setting Two …

Background: Critically ill patients often spend time in the intensive care unit (ICU) either
unconscious or sedated. On recovery, they are often in a state of confusion with memory loss …