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SynthesisJournal of clinical epidemiology2017

A systematic review finds limited data on measurement properties of instruments measuring outcomes in adult intensive care unit survivors.

Karen A Robinson, Wesley E Davis, Victor D Dinglas, Pedro A Mendez-Tellez, Anahita Rabiee, Vineeth Sukrithan, Ramakrishna Yalamanchilli, Alison E Turnbull, Dale M Needham

Open access · greenAbstract readSystematic Review
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Synthesis in Journal of clinical epidemiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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20citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Karen A RobinsonDivision of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1830 East Monument Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA. Electronic address: krobin@jhmi.edu.
Wesley E DavisDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1830 East Monument Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA; Outcomes After Critical Illness and Surgery (OACIS) Group, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1830 East Monument Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
Victor D DinglasDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1830 East Monument Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA; Outcomes After Critical Illness and Surgery (OACIS) Group, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1830 East Monument Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
Pedro A Mendez-TellezOutcomes After Critical Illness and Surgery (OACIS) Group, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1830 East Monument Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA; Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
Anahita RabieeDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1830 East Monument Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA; Outcomes After Critical Illness and Surgery (OACIS) Group, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1830 East Monument Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
Vineeth SukrithanDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1830 East Monument Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA; Outcomes After Critical Illness and Surgery (OACIS) Group, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1830 East Monument Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
Ramakrishna YalamanchilliDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1830 East Monument Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA; Outcomes After Critical Illness and Surgery (OACIS) Group, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1830 East Monument Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
Alison E TurnbullDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1830 East Monument Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA; Outcomes After Critical Illness and Surgery (OACIS) Group, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1830 East Monument Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA; Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 615 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
Dale M NeedhamDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1830 East Monument Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA; Outcomes After Critical Illness and Surgery (OACIS) Group, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1830 East Monument Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
Johns Hopkins University · US

Funding

Improving Long-Term Outcomes Clinical Research for Acute Respiratory FailureR24HL111895 · NHLBI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI NEEDHAM, DALE MURRAY · 2013 to 2017
$5.4M
NHLBI NIH HHS R24 HL111895
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

objectiveThere is a growing number of studies evaluating the physical, cognitive, mental health, and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) outcomes of adults surviving critical illness. However, there is little consensus on the most appropriate instruments to measure these outcomes. To inform the development of such consensus, we conducted a systematic review of the performance characteristics of instruments measuring physical, cognitive, mental health, and HRQOL outcomes in adult intensive care unit (ICU) survivors.

methodsWe searched PubMed, Embase, PsycInfo, Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature, and The Cochrane Library in March 2015. We also conducted manual searches of reference lists of eligible studies and relevant review articles. Two people independently selected studies, completed data abstraction, and assessed the quality of eligible studies using the COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement Instruments (COSMIN) initiative checklist.

resultsWe identified 20 studies which explicitly evaluated measurement properties for 21 different instruments assessing outcomes in ICU survivors. Eleven of the instruments assessed quality of life, with few instruments assessing other domains. Of the nine measurement properties evaluated on the COSMIN checklist, six were assessed in <10% of the evaluations. Overall quality of eligible studies was generally poor to fair based on the COSMIN checklist.

conclusionsAlthough an increasing number of studies measure physical, cognitive, mental health, and HRQOL outcomes in adult ICU survivors, data on the measurement properties of such instruments are sparse and generally of poor to fair quality. Empirical analyses evaluating the performance of instruments in adult ICU survivors are needed to advance research in this field.

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Health StatusIntensive Care UnitsQuality of LifeAdultChecklistCritical IllnessHumansOutcome Assessment, Health CareSurvivorsCritical care survivorsOutcome measuresSystematic review

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PMCPMC5325798
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