ICU patients' recall of emotional reactions in the trajectory from falling critically ill to hospital discharge: Follow-ups after 3 and 12 months

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 108-121

  Löf, Lennart ^a,b   Berggren, Lars ^a,b   Ahlström, Gerd ^b,c  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Critically ill; Emotional reactions; Feelings; General ward after ICU; Hospital admission; ICU; ICU admission; ICU discharge; Long term; Memory; Recall; Trajectory; Ventilator treatment

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMOTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN;

EID: 40749155332     PISSN: 09643397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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