Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of a rehabilitation program following critical illness to aid physical and psychological recovery.Design: Randomized controlled trial, blind at follow-up with final assessment at 6 months.Setting: Two district general hospitals and one teaching hospital.Patients, Patients were 126 consecutively admitted intensive care patients meeting the inclusion criteria.Interventions: Control patients received ward visits, three telephone calls at home, and clinic appointments at 8 wks and 6 months. Intervention patients received the same plus a 6-wk self-help rehabilitation manual.Measurements and Main Results., We measured levels of depression and anxiety (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale), phobic symptoms...
Introduction: Patients who survive an intensive care unit admission frequently suffer physical and p...
Background: Those who experience a critical illness or condition requiring admission to an intensive...
INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this trial was to investigate the effectiveness of an exercise rehabili...
Aims and objectives To illustrate the potential physical and psychological problems faced by patient...
Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of the provision of information in the form of a rehabilita...
Background: Interventions to support psychological recovery after critical illness, including inform...
A meta-analysis of outcomes during the 6 months after intensive care unit (ICU) discharge indicate a...
OBJECTIVE: An increasing number of ICU patients survive and develop mental, cognitive, or physical i...
Importance: Critical illness results in disability and reduced health-related quality of life (HRQOL...
Increasing numbers of patients are surviving critical illness, but survival may be associated with a...
Intensive Care Unit (ICU) survivors often experience several impairments in their physical, cognitiv...
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE: The aftermath of treatment for critical illness and/or critical injury in the int...
Introduction: Patients who survive an intensive care unit admission frequently suffer physical and p...
Background: Those who experience a critical illness or condition requiring admission to an intensive...
INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this trial was to investigate the effectiveness of an exercise rehabili...
Aims and objectives To illustrate the potential physical and psychological problems faced by patient...
Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of the provision of information in the form of a rehabilita...
Background: Interventions to support psychological recovery after critical illness, including inform...
A meta-analysis of outcomes during the 6 months after intensive care unit (ICU) discharge indicate a...
OBJECTIVE: An increasing number of ICU patients survive and develop mental, cognitive, or physical i...
Importance: Critical illness results in disability and reduced health-related quality of life (HRQOL...
Increasing numbers of patients are surviving critical illness, but survival may be associated with a...
Intensive Care Unit (ICU) survivors often experience several impairments in their physical, cognitiv...
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE: The aftermath of treatment for critical illness and/or critical injury in the int...
Introduction: Patients who survive an intensive care unit admission frequently suffer physical and p...
Background: Those who experience a critical illness or condition requiring admission to an intensive...
INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this trial was to investigate the effectiveness of an exercise rehabili...