Search methods
The inclusion criteria for the literature search were: English language papers, published between 1965 and 2011, where individuals who had been patients on intensive care units had been interviewed.
The literature search process involved systematic search- ing of electronic databases (MEDLINE, CINAHL, British Nursing Index and Psychinfo) using medical subject headings (MeSH) including: ‘critical illness’, ‘critical care’, ‘inten- sive care units’, ‘Life experiences’ and combination of sets from these categories. Hand searches of key critical care journals (Intensive and Critical Care Nursing, Nursing in Critical Care) as well as ‘incremental’ searching (Hibbert
Search methodsThe inclusion criteria for the literature search were: English language papers, published between 1965 and 2011, where individuals who had been patients on intensive care units had been interviewed.The literature search process involved systematic search- ing of electronic databases (MEDLINE, CINAHL, British Nursing Index and Psychinfo) using medical subject headings (MeSH) including: ‘critical illness’, ‘critical care’, ‘inten- sive care units’, ‘Life experiences’ and combination of sets from these categories. Hand searches of key critical care journals (Intensive and Critical Care Nursing, Nursing in Critical Care) as well as ‘incremental’ searching (Hibbert
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