Critical care explorations

ISSN 2639-8028

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A Qualitative Multicenter Study of Participant Experiences With an App-Based Mindfulness Intervention (Lift 2) for Critical Illness Survivors.

Critical care explorations July 1, 2026 Talitha G Wilson, Madeline McDougal, Leah James et al.

Persistent physical and mental health symptoms are common among ICU survivors and pose barriers to recovery. A randomized clinical trial of an app-based mindfulness intervention (Lift) for ICU survivors suggested improvement in mental health symptoms; however, participants' perceptions of the intervention and its influence on their recovery is unknown. We sought to understand ICU survivors'...

DOI: 10.1097/cce.0000000000001436 Full text Mindfulness Critical illness/rehabilitation Mobile applications Psychological distress +1

Mindfulness Exercises Reduce Acute Physiologic Stress Among Female Clinicians.

Critical care explorations November 1, 2024 Amy H J Wolfe, Pamela S Hinds, Adre J Du Plessis et al.

Approximately 50% of clinicians experience excessive emotional, physical, and mental stress, with repercussions across the entire medical system. Mindfulness exercises may mitigate this excessive stress. Heart rate variability (HRV) is an objective stress measure that can quantify which mindfulness exercises provide the greatest stress reduction. To define the impact of specific mindfulness...

DOI: 10.1097/CCE.0000000000001171 Full text