Table 3 Results from the recollection questionnaire
From: Patients' recollections of experiences in the intensive care unit may affect their quality of life
Question | Number (% of responses) |
|---|---|
Do you remember your admission to the hospital? | Â |
   Yes | 319 (77) |
Do you remember your admission to the intensive care unit (ICU)? | Â |
   Yes | 230 (55) |
Regarding what you saw and felt during your ICU stay: | Â |
   I prefer not to remember | 52 (14) |
   I don't remember anything | 143 (38) |
   I don't mind remembering | 137 (36) |
   I what to remember everything | 34 (9) |
   None of them | 13 (3) |
How would you describe the environment in the ICU? | Â |
   Friendly and calm | 189 (93) |
   Chaotic and terrifying | 4 (2) |
   Hostile and tense | 11 (5) |
Your confidence in doctors was: | Â |
   Excellent | 122 (53) |
   Good | 93 (41) |
   Sufficient | 12 (5) |
   Bad | 2 (1) |
Your confidence in nurses was: | Â |
   Excellent | 118 (52) |
   Good | 100 (44) |
   Sufficient | 8 (3) |
   Bad | 2 (1) |
How do you classify your sleep during ICU stay? | Â |
   Excessive | 24 (11) |
   Enough and restoring | 140 (62) |
   Insufficient | 62 (27) |
At 6 months after ICU stay your quality of life: | Â |
   Has improved | 162 (40) |
   Is the same | 125 (31) |
   Is worse | 81 (20) |
   I would prefer to have died | 6 (1) |
   I don't know how to answer | 34 (8) |
Had you been previously admitted to an ICU? | Â |
   Once for the same reason | 33 (8) |
   Twice or more for the same reason | 12 (3) |
   Once for a different reason | 38 (9) |
   Never been admitted to an ICU before | 320 (80) |
If you are not retired, have you returned to your previous activity? | Â |
   No | 101 (54) |
   If not: Because of ICU stay | 42(47) |
If you are retired, have you returned to your previous activity? | Â |
   No | 91 (51) |
   If not: Because of ICU stay | 33 (42) |
Have you had many dreams during the ICU stay? | Â |
   Yes | 139 (41) |
Did you have many nightmares during the ICU stay? | Â |
   Yes | 98 (30) |
Currently, do you remember those dreams and nightmares? | Â |
   Yes | 83 (49) |
Currently, do you think that those dreams and nightmares disturb your daily life? | Â |
   Yes | 23 (14) |
Currently, do you have sleep disturbances? | Â |
   Yes | 153 (41) |
Currently, do you have difficulties in concentrating? | Â |
   Yes | 139 (38) |
Currently, do you have difficulties in remembering recent events? | Â |
   Yes | 136 (36) |
Currently, do you feel more fatigue than before the ICU stay? | Â |
   Yes | 199 (57) |