Ramsay, PamelaHuby, G.Merriweather, Judith L.Salisbury, LisaRattray, JaniceGriffith, David M.Walsh, Timothy S.2018-06-292018-06-292016-08-01Ramsay, P., Huby, G., Merriweather, J., Salisbury, L., Rattray, J., Griffith, D. and Walsh, T. (2016) ‘Patient and carer experience of hospital-based rehabilitation from intensive care to hospital discharge: mixed methods process evaluation of the RECOVER randomised clinical trial’, BMJ Open, 6(8), p. e012041. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012041.2044-6055https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012041https://eresearch.qmu.ac.uk/handle/20.500.12289/5294Objectives: To explore and compare patient/carer experiences of rehabilitation in the intervention and usual care arms of the RECOVER trial (ISRCTN09412438); a randomised controlled trial of a complex intervention of post-intensive care unit (ICU) acute hospital-based rehabilitation following critical illness. Design: Mixed methods process evaluation including comparison of patients' and carers' experience of usual care versus the complex intervention. We integrated and compared quantitative data from a patient experience questionnaire (PEQ) with qualitative data from focus groups with patients and carers. Setting: Two university-affiliated hospitals in Scotland.e012041articlehttp://doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012041