The effect of ICU diaries on psychological outcomes and quality of life of survivors of critical illness and their relatives: a systematic review and meta-analysis

PA McIlroy, RS King, M Garrouste-Orgeas… - Critical care …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: To evaluate the effect of ICU diaries on posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms
in ICU survivors and their relatives. Secondary objectives were to determine the effect on …

[HTML][HTML] The use of diaries in psychological recovery from intensive care

LM Aitken, J Rattray, A Hull, JA Kenardy, R Le Brocque… - Critical Care, 2013 - Springer
Intensive care patients frequently experience memory loss, nightmares, and delusional
memories and some may develop symptoms of anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic …

The impact on new-onset stress and PTSD in relatives of critically ill patients explored by diaries study (The “INSPIRED” study)

T Schoeman, K Sundararajan, S Micik, P Sarada… - Australian Critical …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background There is rising prevalence of post-traumatic-stress-disorder (PTSD) in patients
and their relatives after ICU discharge. The impact of ICU diaries on PTSD in relatives of …

Perceptions of ICU diary utility and feasibility in a combat ICU

M Hester, NK Ingalls, JJ Hatzfeld - Military medicine, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Severely injured patients have difficulty recalling their intensive care unit (ICU) experience
which may contribute to emotional trauma. An ICU patient journal contains a short summary …

Use of diaries in intensive care unit delirium patients: German nursing perspectives

P Nydahl, T Deffner - Critical Care Nursing Clinics, 2021 - ccnursing.theclinics.com
Mr Smith a is 72 years old and lived at home with his beloved wife. He is proud father of 2
children and even prouder of his 2-year-old granddaughter. He is a retired truck driver and …

Impact of relatives keeping patient diaries in the intensive care unit

J Jordan, C Whiffin - Nursing Times, 2023 - repository.derby.ac.uk
Patient diaries are a low-cost intervention that can help reduce the impact of post-traumatic
stress, anxiety and depression following an admission to an intensive care unit. There is an …

Critical Care Diaries: a qualitative study exploring the experiences and perspectives of patients, family members and nurses

C McCulloch - 2017 - era.ed.ac.uk
This thesis describes a qualitative study exploring the use of critical care diaries from the
experiences and perspectives of patients, family members and nurses in a Scottish Intensive …