Discomfort in Intensive Care Patients - IPREA-N

Assessment of Discomfort in Intensive Care Patients and Psychometric Testing of the Applied Questionnaire IPREA-N

The purpose of this study is to investigate discomforts experienced by intensive care patients during their critical illness period. We will use the Norwegian version of the questionnaire Inconforts des Patients de REAnimation (IPREA), the IPREA-N.Patients will be asked to rate18 questions about different possible discomforts on a 0-10 scale after their intensive care stay. Furthermore we aim to test whether the questionnaire when translated into Norwegian is useful in the Norwegian patient population.

The aim of the study is

• to assess perceived discomfort in intensive care patients using the IPREA-N questionnaire
• to test psychometric properties of the questionnaire

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adult intensive care patients (> 18 years),
• Understanding Norwegian
• Having spent more than 48 hours in the intensive care unit.
• Ability to consent to participation and self-report discomfort

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients who move to another hospital and cannot complete the questionnaire within 24 hours due to health status or practical reasons.