Patient and family experiences of early cognitive rehabilitation in critical illness: A qualitative study protocol.
Marie Oxenbøll Collet, Louise Skov Svendsen, Anne Højager Nielsen and 2 others
PMID 40040364WHAT IT FOUND
No results yet: this protocol plans interviews with ICU survivors and families about early cognitive rehabilitation, including barriers, to inform a nurse-led intervention.
STILL TO COME
How it was doneWhat it means for RNs
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What it does not show
The planned sample is small: five individual interviews, four dyad interviews and two focus groups of four to six survivors. The study is single centre, so its results may not transfer to every ICU. It relies on patients and families recalling ICU experiences, which may be incomplete or affected by memory problems. The protocol has not yet reported results, so it cannot show what survivors or families actually experienced.
Declared interests
The study is funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read this protocol as evidence that early cognitive rehabilitation works or that nurses should lead it. It plans interviews but has not reported patient or family experiences yet.