ArticleChest2023
Health Expectations and Quality of Life After Acute Respiratory Failure: A Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study.
Article in Chest, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06401239 (Investigating Dyadic Expectations About ARF Survivorship), which is not on this map. Cited by 9 papers.
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Investigating Dyadic Expectations About ARF Survivorship (IDEAS)
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.
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- A Research Agenda to Mitigate Racial and Ethnic Disparities in U.S. Critical Care Medicine: An Official American Thoracic Society Research Statement.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2025Article
- Metabolomic biomarkers predict long-term physical function in survivors of acute respiratory failure.Respiratory research · 2025Article
- Metabolomic Biomarkers Predict Long-term Physical Function in Survivors of Acute Respiratory Failure.Research square · 2025Article
- The COVID-19 Pandemic and Patient Expectations About Recovery From Acute Respiratory Failure.JAMA network open · 2024Article
- Translation and Validation of a Persian Version of the Severe Respiratory Insufficiency Questionnaire (SRI).Tanaffos · 2024Article
- It Is Feasible to Relieve Distressing Symptoms after the ICU.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundPatients often have high expectations for recovery after critical illness, but the impact of these expectations on subsequent quality of life (QoL) after serious illnesses has not been evaluated empirically. RESEARCH QUESTION: Among adult survivors of acute respiratory failure (ARF), are met vs unmet expectations for health associated with self-reported QoL 6 months after discharge? STUDY DESIGN AND
methodsThis was a prospective longitudinal cohort study enrolling consecutive adult patients with ARF managed in ICUs at five academic medical centers. At hospital discharge, we evaluated participants' expected health 6 months in the future via a visual analog scale (VAS; range, 0-100), with higher scores representing better expected health. At 6-month follow-up, perceived health was assessed using the EQ-5D VAS, and QoL was assessed using the World Health Organization Quality of Life Brief Version (WHOQOL-BREF) instrument. Participants' health expectations were categorized as having been met when perceived health at 6 months was no more than eight points lower than their expectation at study enrollment. The primary analysis compared WHOQOL-BREF domain scores (range, 0-100) at 6 months after discharge in patients with met vs unmet health expectations using the nonparametric Mann-Whitney U test. Secondary analysis modeled WHOQOL-BREF domain scores using multivariate regression, and sensitivity analyses assessed QoL using EQ-5D-5L index values.
resultsIn the primary analysis, QoL was significantly better among participants with met vs unmet health expectations across all domains of the WHOQOL-BREF: physical health (estimated difference in scores: median, 19 [interquartile range (IQR), 12-15]; P < .001), psychological health (median, 12 [IQR, 6-18]; P < .001), social relationships (median, 6 [IQR, 0-13]; P = .02), and environmental health (median, 12 [IQR, 6-13]; P < .001). In multivariate regression, the difference between expected and perceived health remained associated significantly with the physical health domain score.
interpretationFulfillment of health expectations is associated with better QoL after ARF, suggesting a mechanism underpinning successful ICU recovery programs that incorporate normalization and expectation management.
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