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- Egerod, Ingrid, et al.
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ICU-recovery in Scandinavia : a comparative study of intensive care follow-up in Denmark, Norway and Sweden
- 2013
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In: Intensive and Critical Care Nursing. - : Elsevier BV. - 1532-4036 .- 0964-3397. ; 29:2, s. 11-103
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- OBJECTIVES: The aim of our study was to describe and compare models of intensive care follow-up in Denmark, Norway and Sweden to help inform clinicians regarding the establishment and continuation of ICU aftercare programmes.METHODS: Our study had a multi-centre comparative qualitative design with triangulation of sources, methods and investigators. We combined prospective data from semi-structured key-informant telephone interviews and unreported data from a precursory investigation.RESULTS: Four basic models of follow-up were identified representing nurse-led or multidisciplinary programmes with or without the provision of patient diaries. A conceptual model was constructed including a catalogue of interventions related to the illness trajectory. We identified three temporal areas for follow-up directed towards the past, present or future.CONCLUSIONS: ICU follow-up programmes in the Scandinavian countries have evolved as bottom-up initiatives conducted on a semi-voluntary basis. We suggest reframing follow-up as an integral part of patient therapy. The Scandinavian programmes focus on the human experience of critical illness, with more attention to understanding the past than looking towards the future. We recommend harmonization of programmes with clear goals enabling programme assessment, while moving towards a paradigm of empowerment, enabling patient and family to take an active role in their recovery and wellbeing.
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- Eriksson, Thomas, et al.
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The Nordic Association for Intensive Care Nursing Research (NOFI)
- 2011
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Conference paper (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Nordic nursing studies have a strong tradition within the qualitative approach. This approach has been applied to explore the lived experience of critical illness and intensive care therapy from the perspectives of the patient and the patient’s family. In 2003, the Nordic Association for Intensive Care Nursing Research (NOFI) was established by nursing scholars from Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. The purpose of NOFI was to encourage research in intensive care nursing in the Nordic countries, to establish a network of intensive care nursing scholars, to exchange research experience and research outcomes among the Nordic research communities, and to increase the visibility of research in intensive care nursing in the Nordic countries. Although the focus was on nursing research, an interdisciplinary approach has also been encouraged with joint research and conference activities. NOFI have arranged biannual conferences for members and other individuals interested in the activities of the network. The venue has rotated among the tree Nordic countries, and the themes of the meetings have been: Intensive Care Unit (ICU) environment and acoustics, relatives of ICU-patients, ways of knowing, sedation, ethics, patient diaries, multimodal interventions, research designs, ICU-delirium, psychometrics, burns, and mechanical ventilation. Other activities have been presentations of newly completed PhD-studies in the Nordic countries. Since 2006, nursing scholars from the three Scandinavian countries have collaborated on a study of diaries written for ICU patients (patient diaries). The three countries share common values, culture and language, which has facilitated the exchange of ideas among the Nordic nurses. Intensive care nursing is a young domain of research. We still need to encourage more scholars within this area to increase our knowledge base, improve the ICU-experience and formalize rehabilitation of post-ICU patients. Intensive care is a collaborative practice and future research should reflect the interdisciplinary aspect of the field.
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