Table 1.

Search strategy.

PubMed:

((((((((((((((“Intensive Care Units” [Mesh:NoExp]) OR “Intensive Care Units” [tiab]) OR “Intensive Care Unit” [tiab]) OR “Intensive Care Units, Pediatric” [Mesh:NoExp]) OR ICU [tiab]) OR PICU [tiab]) OR “intensive care” [tiab]) OR “critical care” [tiab]) OR critical illness * [tiab]))) OR (“post-intensive care syndrome” [tiab] OR PICS [tiab]))) OR “post sepsis syndrome” [tiab])

AND

(((((“Sepsis”[Majr:NoExp]) OR “Shock, Septic”[Mesh]) OR sepsis[tiab]) OR septic[tiab]) OR septicemia[tiab])

AND

((((((((((((“Mental Disorders” [Mesh]) OR “mental illness” [tiab]) OR depression [tiab]) OR anxiety [tiab]) OR ((PTSD [tiab] OR “post-traumatic stress” [tiab])))) OR (((social function * [tiab]) OR social-impair * [tiab]) OR social-dysfunction * [tiab])) OR (((emotional-impair * [tiab]) OR emotional-dysfunction * [tiab]) OR emotional-disorder * [tiab]) OR behavior [mesh])))

OR

((((((((((((((((“Activities of Daily Living” [Mesh]) OR “Activities of Daily Living” [tiab]) OR “ADL” [tiab]) OR physical-dysfunction * [tiab]) OR physical-disorder * [tiab]) OR physical-impairment * [tiab]) OR motor-impairment * [tiab]) OR motor-dysfunction * [tiab]) OR motor-disorder * [tiab]) OR ICUAW [tiab]) OR ICU-AW [tiab]) OR neuromyopathy [tiab]) OR neuropathy [tiab]) OR myopathy [tiab])))

OR

((((((((“Cognitive Dysfunction” [Mesh]) OR “Cognitive Dysfunction” [tiab]) OR “Cognitive Dysfunctions” [tiab]) OR Cognitive-impairment * [tiab]) OR Neurocognitive-impairment * [tiab]) OR Neurocognitive-disorder * [tiab]) OR Neurocognitive-dysfunction * [tiab]))) OR (((((((“Quality of Life” [Mesh]) OR “Quality of Life” [tiab]) OR “Health Related Quality Of Life” [tiab]) OR HRQoL [tiab]) OR HRQoL [tiab]) OR QoL [tiab]))

Embase

“intensive care unit”/exp OR “Intensive Care Units”:ti,ab OR “Intensive Care Unit”:ti,ab OR “pediatric intensive care unit”/exp OR ICU:ti,ab OR PICU:ti,ab OR “intensive care”:ti,ab OR “critical care”:ti,ab OR critical illness * :ti,ab OR “post-intensive care syndrome”:ti,ab OR PICS:ti,ab OR “post sepsis syndrome”:ti,ab

AND

“sepsis”/de OR “septic shock”/exp OR sepsis:ti,ab OR septic:ti,ab OR septicemia:ti,ab

AND

“mental disease”/exp OR “mental illness”:ti,ab OR depression:ti,ab OR anxiety:ti,ab OR PTSD:ti,ab OR “post-traumatic stress”:ti,ab OR “social function*”:ti,ab OR social-impair*:ti,ab OR social-dysfunction*:ti,ab OR emotional-impair * :ti,ab OR emotional-dysfunction*:ti,ab OR emotional-disorder*:ti,ab OR “behavior”/exp

OR

“daily life activity”/exp OR “Activities of Daily Living”:ti,ab OR “ADL”:ti,ab OR physical-dysfunction*:ti,ab OR physical-disorder*:ti,ab OR physical-impairment*:ti,ab OR motor-impairment*:ti,ab OR motor-dysfunction*:ti,ab OR motor-disorder*:ti,ab OR ICUAW:ti,ab OR ICU-AW:ti,ab OR neuromyopathy:ti,ab OR neuropathy:ti,ab OR myopathy:ti,ab

OR

“cognitive defect”/de OR “Cognitive Dysfunction”:ti,ab OR “Cognitive Dysfunctions”:ti,ab OR Cognitive-impairment*:ti,ab OR Neurocognitive-impairment*:ti,ab OR Neurocognitive-disorder*:ti,ab OR Neurocognitive-dysfunction*:ti,ab OR “mild cognitive impairment'/exp OR “quality of life”/exp OR “Quality of Life”:ti,ab OR “Health Related Quality Of Life”:ti,ab OR HRQoL:ti,ab OR HRQoL:ti,ab OR QoL:ti,ab

AND

[embase]/lim AND ([article]/lim OR [article in press]/lim) AND [english]/lim

CINAHL:

(MH “Intensive Care Units”) OR (MH “Intensive Care Units, Pediatric”) OR “Intensive Care Units” OR “Intensive Care Unit” OR ICU OR PICU OR “intensive care” OR ”critical care” OR critical illness* OR “post-intensive care syndrome” OR PICS OR “post sepsis syndrome”

AND

MH “Sepsis” OR MH “Shock, Septic” OR sepsis OR septic OR septicemia

AND

MH “Mental Disorders+” OR “mental illness” OR depression OR anxiety OR PTSD OR “post-traumatic stress” OR social function* OR social-impair* OR social-dysfunction* OR emotional-impair* OR emotional-dysfunction* OR emotional-disorder* OR MH “Behavior+”

OR

MH “Activities of Daily Living+” OR “Activities of Daily Living” OR “ADL” OR physical-dysfunction* OR physical-disorder* OR physical-impairment* OR motor-impairment* OR motor-dysfunction* OR motor-disorder* OR ICUAW OR ICU-AW OR neuromyopathy OR neuropathy OR myopathy

OR

MH “Cognition Disorders+” OR “Cognitive Dysfunction” OR “Cognitive Dysfunctions” OR Cognitive-impairment* OR Neurocognitive-impairment* OR Neurocognitive-disorder* OR Neurocognitive-dysfunction* OR (MH “Quality of Life+“) OR “Quality of Life” OR “Health Related Quality Of Life” OR HRQoL OR HRQoL OR QoL