ArticleCritical care (London, England)2022
Intensive care-related loss of quality of life and autonomy at 6 months post-discharge: Does COVID-19 really make things worse?
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- Factors influencing long-term health-related quality of life among intensive care unit survivors: a mixed-methods systematic review.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Global prevalence of post-COVID-19 condition: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective evidence.Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2025Pooled it
- Discomfort improvement for critically ill patients using electronic relaxation devices: results of the cross-over randomized controlled trial E-CHOISIR (Electronic-CHOIce of a System for Intensive care Relaxation).Critical care (London, England) · 2022Trial
- Personalized Exercise Prescription in Long COVID: A Practical Toolbox for a Multidisciplinary Approach.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2024Article
- Patients With and Without COVID-19 in the Intensive Care Unit: Physical Status Outcome Comparisons 3 Months After Discharge.Physical therapy · 2023Observational
- Twelve Months and Counting: Following Clinical Outcomes in Critical COVID-19 Survivors.Annals of the American Thoracic Society · 2023Article
- Post-COVID-19 syndrome and quality of life impairment in severe COVID-19 Mexican patients.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- High prevalence of persistent symptoms and reduced health-related quality of life 6 months after COVID-19.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Effects of Rehabilitation on Long-COVID-19 Patient's Autonomy, Symptoms and Nutritional Observance.Nutrients · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo compare old patients hospitalized in ICU for respiratory distress due to COVID-19 with old patients hospitalized in ICU for a non-COVID-19-related reason in terms of autonomy and quality of life.
designComparison of two prospective multi-centric studies.
settingThis study was based on two prospective multi-centric studies, the Senior-COVID-Rea cohort (COVID-19-diagnosed ICU-admitted patients aged over 60) and the FRAGIREA cohort (ICU-admitted patients aged over 70). PATIENTS: We included herein the patients from both cohorts who had been evaluated at day 180 after admission (ADL score and quality of life).
interventionsNone. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN
resultsA total of 93 COVID-19 patients and 185 control-ICU patients were included. Both groups were not balanced on age, body mass index, mechanical ventilation, length of ICU stay, and ADL and SAPS II scores. We modeled with ordered logistic regression the influence of COVID-19 on the quality of life and the ADL score. After adjustment on these factors, we observed COVID-19 patients were less likely to have a loss of usual activities (aOR [95% CI] 0.47 [0.23; 0.94]), a loss of mobility (aOR [95% CI] 0.30 [0.14; 0.63]), and a loss of ADL score (aOR [95% CI] 0.30 [0.14; 0.63]). On day 180, 52 (56%) COVID-19 patients presented signs of dyspnea, 37 (40%) still used analgesics, 17 (18%) used anxiolytics, and 14 (13%) used antidepressant.
conclusionsCOVID-19-related ICU stay was not associated with a lower quality of life or lower autonomy compared to non-COVID-19-related ICU stay.
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