Table 1 Summary of items included in the intensive care unit memory tool
From: Application of the Italian version of the Intensive Care Unit Memory tool in the clinical setting
Period/objective | Item | Details |
|---|---|---|
Before ICU admission | 1 | Do you remember being admitted to hospital? |
2 | Can you remember the time in hospital before you were admitted to intensive care? | |
During ICU stay | 3 | Do you remember being in intensive care? |
4a | Do you remember the whole stay clearly? | |
4b | What do you remember? (A checklist of 11 factual events, six feelings and four delusional memories to increase recall of ICU stay is included; see Table 3) | |
5 | Do you remember being transferred from intensive care to the general wards? | |
Identify PTSD-related symptoms | 6 | Have you had any unexplained feelings of panic or apprehension? |
7 | Have you had any intrusive memories from your time in hospital or of the event that led to your admission? |