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Aim: To explore patients' experiences with early rehabilitation in the intensive care unit and what they perceive to influence their participation. Design: A qualitative design anchored in phenomenological and hermeneutical traditions utilizing in-depth interviews. Methods: Thirteen patients were interviewed from 5 to 29 weeks following discharge from three units, in January–December 2022. Analysed using systematic text condensation and the pattern theory of self. Reporting adhered to consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative research. Results: Interviews described four main categories: (1) A foreign body, how the participants experienced their dysfunctional and different looking bodies. (2) From crisis to reorientation, the transformation the participants experienced from a state of crisis to acceptance and the ability to look forwards, indicating how bodily dysfunctions are interlinked to breakdowns of the patients' selves and the reorganization process. (3) Diverse

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