Abstract
Patient diaries are used in the ICU setting to alleviate psychological distress in patients and their relatives.[1] Much work has been done to evaluate the effects of diaries, but little work has been done to examine protagonist involvement and the content of the narrative within the diaries.
Highlights
Patient diaries are used in the ICU setting to alleviate psychological distress in patients and their relatives [1]
Duration of admission ranged from 5 to 93 days. 26 of the 31 diaries that were analysed were started in the crisis phase
Analysis revealed that technical terms were used in 84% of diaries, with 45% of these entries observed in the normalisation phase
Summary
Patient diaries are used in the ICU setting to alleviate psychological distress in patients and their relatives [1]. Much work has been done to evaluate the effects of diaries, but little work has been done to examine protagonist involvement and the content of the narrative within the diaries
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