Table 1 Patients' biographies and experiences of formal care
From: What patients think about ICU follow-up services: a qualitative study
Interview number | Age (years) | Sex | ICU/HDU stay * | Ward stay* | ICU follow-up care* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
IC01 | 41 | F | ICU: 11 days | 2 weeks | Regular appointments with clinical psychologist |
IC02 | 60 | M | ICU: about 1 month | 4 days | Attended initial appointments, declined future appointments |
IC03 | 66 | M | ICU: 5 weeks | 5 weeks | 1 appointment |
IC04 | 46 | F | ICU: about 5 weeks HDU: 1 week | Discharged after 1 week in HDU | 2 appointments |
IC05 | 40 | F | ICU: 22 days HDU: 10 days | Just over a week | 1 appointment |
IC06 | 35 | F | ICU: 3 weeks HDU: 36 hours | 5 weeks | 2 appointments and private counselling |
IC07 | 60 | M | ICU: 7 months | Ward: 1 month Home: awaiting rehab | None at time of interview |
IC08 | 50 | M | ICU: 10 days | Readmitted in 2006 and died | N/A |
IC09 | 60 | M | ICU: 3 days | 10 days | No ICU follow-up |
IC10 | 76 | F | ICU: about 1 week | 1 week | 1 appointment |
IC12 | 23 | F | ICU: 21 days HDU: 2 weeks | 2 weeks | Had been invited to attend 1st appointment |
IC14 | 35 | F | ICU: 2 days | 2 days, discharged herself | Declined appointment |
IC15 | 38 | F | ICU: 1 month, admitted 3 times in 2004 | Several months on and off | No ICU follow-up |
IC16 | 67 | M | ICU: 8 weeks | 3 weeks | No ICU follow-up |
IC17 | 30 | M | ICU: 12 days | 2 weeks | No ICU follow-up |
IC18 | 62 | M | ICU: 18 days | 5 weeks | 2 appointments |
IC21 | 72 | M | ICU: about 4 weeks | 1 week | No ICU follow-up |
IC22 | 71 | M | ICU: 17 days | A few days | At least 1 appointment |
IC23 | 54 | M | ICU: 17 days | 2 weeks | 1 appointment |
IC24 | 44 | F | ICU: 5 weeks | 2 weeks | Physiotherapy referral after 1st appointment, GP referral for counselling |
IC25 | 45 | M | ICU: 4 weeks | 2 weeks | 2/3 appointments |
IC26 | 47 | M | ICU: 30 days | 8 days | No ICU follow-up |
IC27 | 68 | M | ICU: 2 weeks HDU: 2 weeks | Ward: 6 weeks; Rehab: 2 weeks | 1 appointment |
IC28 | 46 | M | ICU: 7 weeks | 4 weeks | 1 appointment |
IC29 | 47 | F | ICU: 2 weeks HDU: 1 day | 1 week | 1 appointment, another expected |
IC30 | 55 | F | ICU: 6 days HDU: 5 days | Discharged after HDU | 2 appointments |
IC31 | 71 | M | ICU: 2 weeks | 3 weeks | At least one appointment |
IC32 | 57 | F | ICU: 29 days | Ward: 6 weeks Rehab: 6 weeks | 3 appointments |
IC34 | 37 | M | ICU: 30 days total, admitted twice | Several months | At least one appointment |
IC35 | 33 | M | ICU: 17 days | Ward: 1 week Rehab: 3 months | At least one appointment |
IC36 | 67 | F | Could not remember | Â | Awaiting 1st appointment |
IC37 | 58 | M | ICU: 9 days | 16 days | At least 1 appointment |
IC38 | 55 | F | ICU: 1 week | 2 weeks | 1 appointment |
IC39 | 56 | M | ICU: 4 days | 3 days | No ICU follow-up |