After Intensive Care
Following patients and families for a year after an intensive care stay.
Research theme
Recovery and rehabilitation
What helps people get back on their feet after surgery, intensive care or injury, and how to make it last.
What helps people get back on their feet after surgery, intensive care or injury, and how to make it last.
Studies under this theme come from several of our research groups. Each study card below links to its own page, with plain-language information for anyone thinking of taking part.
Groups working on this theme
Studies in this theme
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Recruiting Breathe Easy at Home
Guided breathing and strength exercises by video call in the first eight weeks home after intensive care.
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In progress Family Voices in Intensive Care
Interviews with family members about what helped, and what did not, while someone they love was in intensive care.
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Recruiting Fit for Surgery
A four-week home exercise and nutrition programme before major surgery.
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In progress Healing in Later Life
Why do wounds heal more slowly in some older adults, and what can we do about it?
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Completed Moving After Hip Fracture
A wearable activity monitor and weekly phone coaching for older adults after a broken hip.
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In progress Rehab at Home
Remote physiotherapy coaching after knee and hip replacement.
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Completed Sleep After ICU
Measuring sleep at home in the three months after intensive care.
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Recruiting Talking About Pain Relief
Testing a plain-language guide, written with patients, to pain relief in the first week home after surgery.
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Recruiting The Day Two Study
Can a single blood test on the second day after bowel surgery show who needs closer follow-up?
News on this theme
- Fit for Surgery opens to new participants
Our home prehabilitation trial is now recruiting at Tidewater Regional Hospital.
- Webinar: life after intensive care
A recording of our public webinar with patients and families is now online.