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Identifying patients' support needs following critical illness: a scoping review of the qualitative literature.

J KingB O'NeillP RamsayM A LindenA Darweish MedniukJ OuttrimBronagh Blackwood
Published in: Critical care (London, England) (2019)
This review is the first to identify the change in social support needs among intensive care survivors as they transition from intensive care to the home environment. An understanding of needs at different transition periods would help inform health service provision and support for survivors.
Keyphrases
  • social support
  • end stage renal disease
  • depressive symptoms
  • young adults
  • newly diagnosed
  • ejection fraction
  • chronic kidney disease
  • healthcare
  • peritoneal dialysis
  • prognostic factors
  • palliative care