Studying outcomes of intensive care unit survivors: the role of the cohort study

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Long-term Quality of Life After Surgical Intensive Care Admission

“…The study of Livingston et al 16 demonstrated that less than half of the patients who underwent trauma returned to work and more than two-thirds reported a lower level of activity than before the trauma after follow-up of 3 years. Longer-term follow-up will improve our understanding of the nature and duration of ICUacquired deficits 17 and what length of time is sufficient to accurately determine outcome. Furthermore, to our knowledge, which patient characteristics (such as age and sex) and surgical classifications are related to long-term HRQOL have yet to be addressed.…”

Illness representations predict health‐related quality of life 6 months after hospital discharge in individuals with injury: a predictive survey

“…The SF-36, which measures health status, is often used as an indicator of HRQOL (Dowdy et al 2005) and was used in this study. Eight subscales are included in the scale, Physical functioning (10 items), Role physical (four items), Bodily pain (two items), General health (five items), Mental health (five items), Role emotional (three items), Social functioning (two items) and Vitality (four items) (Ware et al 1993).…”

The Spectrum of Encephalopathy in Critical Illness

“…With the availability of interventions to decrease mortality in the ICU, there is a growing interest in the longterm outcomes of critically ill patients. [125][126][127] These include late mortality, physical morbidity, cognitive dysfunction, psychiatric disorders, poor functional status, and decreased quality of life. 125,126 It has become apparent that many of these complications are linked, and the study of post-ICU outcomes must carefully account for possible confounding factors.…”