ArticleMayo Clinic proceedings. Innovations, quality & outcomes2018
Improving Quality of Life in Patients at Risk for Post-Intensive Care Syndrome.
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- Health-related quality of life among critically ill patients after discharge from the ICU-A systematic review protocol.PloS one · 2023Article
- Predictive Factors of Return Home and Return to Work for Intensive Care Unit Survivors after Traumatic Brain Injury with a Follow-up Period of 2 Years.Neurologia medico-chirurgica · 2022Article
- Worse pre-admission quality of life is a strong predictor of mortality in critically ill patients.Turkish journal of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2022Article
- Peer Support Group for Intensive Care Unit Survivors: Perceptions on Supportive Recovery in the Era of Social Distancing.Annals of the American Thoracic Society · 2021Article
- Ethics of Codes and Codes of Ethics: When Is It Ethical to Provide Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation During the COVID-19 Pandemic?Annals of surgery · 2020Article
- Post-Intensive-Care Syndrome for the Pediatric Neurologist.Pediatric neurology · 2020Review
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Abstract
objectiveTo improve quality of life (QOL) in patients at risk for post-intensive care syndrome (PICS). PATIENTS AND
methodsWe conducted a mixed-method, prospective, observational, pre-post interventional study in an adult medical and mixed medical/surgical/transplant intensive care unit (ICU) at a tertiary academic hospital. Preintervention included patients admitted from October 1 through October 31, 2016, and postintervention included patients admitted from January 15 through February 14, 2017. First, a multidisciplinary team of stakeholders identified barriers associated with decreased QOL in patients at risk for PICS. Next, interventions were designed and implemented. The effect of interventions was assessed using a mixed-method analysis. The qualitative analysis used a modified grounded theory approach. The quantitative analysis included assessment of preexisting symptoms and risk factors associated with PICS. The 36-Item Short-Form Health Status Survey (SF-36), which surveys physical and mental composite scores, was used to assess QOL.
resultsBarriers identified were lack of awareness and understanding of PICS. Interventions included educational videos, paper and online education and treatment materials, and online and in-person support groups for education and treatment. After interventions, the qualitative analysis found that patients who participated in the interventions after hospital discharge showed improved QOL, whereas education during hospitalization alone was not effective. The quantitative analysis did not find improvement in QOL, as defined by SF-36 physical or mental composite scores.
conclusionInterventions targeted to patients after hospitalization may offer subjective improvement in QOL for those at risk for PICS.
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