Original Research: Exploring the Effects of a Nurse-Initiated Diary Intervention on Post–Critical Care Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Conclusions: For critical illness survivors, a collaborative diary-writing intervention during hospitalization and after discharge can mitigate post–critical care PTSD. Participants who received diaries had a lower incidence of PTSD symptoms than controls; and at follow-up, they indicated that the diary intervention was worthwhile. We recommend the use of collaborative diary writing to help critical illness survivors in working through their experiences.
Source: AJN - Category: Nursing Tags: Feature Articles Source Type: research