ICU sedation, delirium & recovery
Experiencing Sepsis: A Meta-Ethnography
Authors' conclusion
Although deeply personal, sepsis survivorship is marked by consistent themes.
Study context
- Population
- Adult sepsis survivors and/or their caregivers, in qualitative or mixed-methods studies (English, 2000–2025)9 studies
- Comparison
- Survivors vs Caregivers
- Outcome
- Third-order themes of the sepsis experience
Methodological detailsqualitative evidence synthesis, Noblit and Hare's seven-phase methodology, GRADE-CERQual confidence assessment, CASP quality appraisal, Five databases (MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Web of Science) searched 2000–2025
- Qualitative evidence synthesis
- Noblit and Hare's seven-phase methodology
- GRADE-CERQual confidence assessment
- CASP quality appraisal
- Five databases (MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Web of Science) searched 2000–2025
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Survivors: increased dependency
- moderate confidence
- Survivors: ICU fog
- high confidence
- Survivors: psychological adjustment
- moderate confidence
- Survivors: gratitude and guilt in relationships
- moderate confidence
- Survivors: post-discharge challenges
- moderate confidence
- Caregivers: adapting to caregiving
- moderate confidence
- Caregivers: uncertainty about the future
- moderate confidence
- Caregivers: communication challenges
- low confidence
Original publication
Experiencing Sepsis: A Meta-Ethnography. Crit Care Med. Published 21 October 2025. doi:10.
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