Rehabilitation Gaming System for Intensive Care Units

The RGS-ICU intervention consists of daily 20-minute sessions of early cognitive stimulation and psychological support adjuvant to standard ICU care administered by research staff and supervised by clinical staff each morning in the patient's own room during ICU admission and until ICU discharge or up to a maximum of 28 days after randomization. The sessions consist of orienting the patient to space and time, cognitive training of attention, working memory, learning/memory, executive function and processing speed, viewing of relaxing videos inspired by nature and fantasy scenarios to reduce stress and anxiety, and psychoeducation about the ICU environment and the characteristics of the cognitive, mental and physical state of critically ill patients.