Post-ICU psychology support during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Background: Critical illness survival rates have improved, but patients frequently face prolonged new or worsened physical, cognitive and psychosocial impairments. These difficulties associated with critical care admission are known as post-intensive care syndrome (PICS).

Aims: The multidisciplinary Intensive care Syndrome: Promoting Independence and Return to Employment (InS:PIRE) programme was developed to support patients in the recovery period from critical illness.

Psychosocial Screening in Adult Burns Inpatients within a Scottish Burns Unit.

National Burns Care Standards (NBCS) within the UK recommend psychological care throughout the burn pathway and psychosocial screening of inpatients admitted for over 24 h, at a time when this is clinically appropriate and prior to discharge. This brief report presents preliminary data from an audit of psychosocial screening in adult burns inpatients within a Scottish Burns Unit over a three-year period. Results are reported on the frequency and type of psychosocial screening completed.

How is the education component of pulmonary rehabilitation delivered in practice--Is it patient-centred?

Objectives: Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) involves a significant component of education, but little has been published on what educational content is covered or how it is delivered. This survey study set out to investigate how PR education is delivered in practice.

Methods: A survey was designed to investigate the current educational delivery and which topics respondents reported should be included in a PR programme.

Attendance at pulmonary rehabilitation classes: an exploration of demographic, physiological and psychological factors that predict completion of treatment.

Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is an effective treatment for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, uptake and adherence to rehabilitation is poor and non-adherence is associated with poorer clinical outcomes. This study investigated the factors that might predict an individual completing his/her PR programme.