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Manning, Joseph C., Hemingway, Pippa and Redsell, Sarah A. (2014) Long-term psychosocial impact reported by childhood critical illness survivors: a systematic review. Nursing in Critical Care, 19 (3). pp. 145-156. ISSN 1362-1017

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Abstract

Aim :To undertake a qualitative systematic review that explores psychological and social impact, reported directly from children and adolescents at least 6 months after their critical illness.

Background :Significant advances in critical care have reduced mortality from childhood critical illness, with the majority of patients being discharged alive. However, it is widely reported that surviving critical illness can be traumatic for both children and their family. Despite a growing body of literature in this field, the psychological and social impact of life threatening critical illness on child and adolescent survivors, more than 6 months post event, remains under-reported.

Data sources: Searches of six online databases were conducted up to February 2012.

Review methods : Predetermined criteria were used to select studies. Methodological quality was assessed using a standardized checklist. An adapted version of the thematic synthesis approach was applied to extract, code and synthesize data.

Findings : Three studies met the inclusion criteria, which were all of moderate methodological quality. Initial coding and synthesis of data resulted in five descriptive themes: confusion and uncertainty, other people's narratives, focus on former self and normality, social isolation and loss of identity, and transition and transformation. Further synthesis culminated in three analytical themes that conceptualize the childhood survivors' psychological and social journey following critical illness.

Conclusions : Critical illness in childhood can expose survivors to a complex trajectory of recovery, with enduring psychosocial adversity manifesting in the long term. Nurses and other health professionals must be aware and support the potential multifaceted psychosocial needs that may arise. Parents and families are identified as fundamental in shaping psychological and social well-being of survivors. Therefore intensive care nurses must take opportunities to raise parents' awareness of the journey of survival and provide appropriate support. Further empirical research is warranted to explore the deficits identified with the existing literature.

Item Type:	Article
RIS ID:	https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/995882
Schools/Departments:	University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Health Sciences
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1111/nicc.12049
Depositing User:	Wahid, Ms. Haleema
Date Deposited:	25 Apr 2014 13:50
Last Modified:	04 May 2020 20:14
URI:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/2397

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