The effect of diaries written by relatives for intensive care patients on posttraumatic stress (DRIP study): Protocol for a randomized controlled trial and mixed methods study

BMC Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Nielsen, Anne Højager ^a,b   Angel, Sanne ^b   Egerod, Ingrid ^c,d   Hansen, Torben Bæk ^b  

^a HOLSTEBRO HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Intensive care; Intensive care diaries; Mixed methods; Phenomenology; Post traumatic stress; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

EID: 85051723250     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12912-018-0306-y     Document Type: Article

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