COVID-19 survivors' ıntensive care unit experiences and their possible effects on mental health
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Telatar, T. G., Telatar, A., Hocaoğlu, Ç., Hızal, A., Sakın, M., & Üner, S. (2022). COVID-19 Survivors' Intensive Care Unit Experiences and Their Possible Effects on Mental Health: A Qualitative Study. The Journal of nervous and mental disease, 210(12), 925–929. https://doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0000000000001560Özet
It is known that being hospitalized in the intensive care unit (ICU) for
any reason is a risk factor for future psychiatric problems. This qualitative study
aims to identify the experiences of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ICU
survivors and provide insights for relevant mental health problems after being
discharged. Participants were COVID-19 patients discharged from ICUs of a secondary care hospital. The experiences of 21 ICU survivors were evaluated using
Colaizzi's 7-step approach, which were determined by the purposeful sampling
method. There were three themes generated from the interviews as “emotions
on COVID-19 diagnosis,” “feelings about ICU stay and health care providers,”
and “life in the shadow of COVID-19.” Two subthemes for every single theme
were generated, and a total of 19 codes were extracted. It is essential to understand
the individual's unique experiences in designing preventive interventions and apply individual preventive mental health interventions during ICU stay