Symptoms, symptom clusters, and vital signs, and their effects on functioning and quality of life in intensive care patients

About

To increase research and knowledge on symptoms in ICU patients and survivors.

Research method

Prospective longitudinal observational study.

Sub-projects

Functional status and activities of daily living the first year after admission to ICU (Renato Mesina PhD Student)

Cognitive impairment in ICU survivors (Malin Brandvold PhD student)

Symptoms reported while in the ICU (Christin S. Hansen, PhD student)

Post-traumatic stress symptoms and importance of hope in intensive care unit patients during first year after ICU admission, (Klara Friedberg, PhD Student)

Project Manager

Tone Rustøen, Professor, OUS

Project participants/collaborators

Internal:
Kristin Hofsø Post Doc, LDH, OUS

External:
Brita Olsen, PhD, Kalnes
Jon Henrik Laake MD, OUS
Mialda Småstuen, Professor, OsloMet
Kathleen Puntillo, Emeritus, UCSF
Mark van der Boogaard, Roundbound University, Netherlands
Johan Ræder, Emeritus, OUS