ReviewCureus2024
Efficacy of Enhanced Rehabilitation Initiated After Hospital Discharge to Improve Quality of Life in Survivors of Critical Care: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.
Review in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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Who cites it
3 citing papers in PubMed.
- Home-Based Combined Activity and Cognitive Intervention for Post-Intensive Care Syndrome: A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial.Nursing in critical care · 2026Trial
- Rehabilitation and the post-intensive care syndrome across the recovery continuum: a narrative review.Intensive care medicine · 2026Review
- Physical, psychological, and cognitive function and quality of life in survivors of severe critical illness.Scientific reports · 2026Article
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12 authors.
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Abstract
This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated the effects of enhanced rehabilitation initiated after hospital discharge on the quality of life (QOL) in survivors of critical care. The review followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) procedure. MEDLINE, CENTRAL, Ichushi, Embase, PEDro, and Cumulated Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) databases and the International Clinical Trials Registry Platform and ClinicalTrials.gov (for ongoing or unpublished trials) were searched till January 2024. We identified randomized controlled trials (RCTs) with intensive care unit (ICU) survivors focusing on the effects of enhanced rehabilitation initiated after hospital discharge. Enhanced rehabilitation encompasses protocolized programs offering more intensive, frequent, or longer sessions than standard care. Primary outcomes were physical and mental components of the summary of the standardized QOL scale (SF-36) and adverse events. We calculated pooled-effect estimates for these components, expressing the mean difference (MD) and 95% confidence interval (CI). Risk of bias was evaluated using the Risk of Bias 2 tool. Certainty of evidence was assessed using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) approach. Nine RCTs (573 patients) were included. Enhanced rehabilitation resulted in no difference in the physical component-summary score (two studies: n=79, MD=3.03, 95% CI: -1.37 to 7.43, I
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