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Table 3 Consciousness and recollection of ICU admission and stay

From: Experiences of ICU survivors in a low middle income country- a multicenter study

Question

Number (% of responses)

Consciousness

 Do you remember your admission to hospital? Yes

349

78.08%

 Do you remember your admission to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)? Yes

189

42.28%

 What do you think regarding the memory of your ICU stay?

  I prefer not to remember

3

0.67%

  I don’t remember anything

3

0.67%

  I don’t mind to remember

396

88.59%

  I want to remember everything

34

7.61%

  None of them

11

2.46%

Experiences

 How do you classify your sleep during ICU stay?

 Excessive

112

25.06%

 Sufficient and restoring

227

50.78%

 Insufficient

108

24.16%

 Have you had any dreams during ICU stay? Yes

59

13.20%

 If yes how frequently did they occur?

  Daily

25

5.59%

  Twice a week

2

0.45%

  Once

4

0.91%

 Have you had any nightmares during ICU stay? Yes

54

12.08%

 If yes how frequently did they occur?

  Daily

11

2.46%

  Twice a week

6

1.34%

  Once

5

1.12%

  3 days

1

0.22%