Exploring family members' and health care professionals' perceptions on ICU diaries: a systematic review and qualitative data synthesis.

Bruna Brandao Barreto Mariana Luz Selma Alves Valente do Amaral Lopes Regis Goulart Rosa Dimitri Gusmao-Flores

Published in: Intensive care medicine (2021)

This qualitative synthesis shows that family members and health care professionals consider the ICU diary a valuable intervention. It also brings evidence to challenges faced during diary writing, which should be carefully approached in order to reduce the stress associated with this process.

Keyphrases

healthcare
intensive care unit
mechanical ventilation
randomized controlled trial
systematic review
electronic health record
big data
machine learning
heat stress
affordable care act