Functional independence, frailty and perceived quality of life in patients who developed delirium during ICU stay: a prospective cohort study

Autor: Beatriz Lobo-Valbuena, Rosario Molina, Raúl Castañeda-Vozmediano, Leire Lopez de la Oliva Calvo, Ana Abella, María-Mercedes Garcia-Arias, Irene Salinas Gabiña, Federico Gordo
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: European Journal of Medical Research, Vol 28, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2047-783X
DOI: 10.1186/s40001-023-01530-8
Popis: Abstract Background Survivors of critical illness are frequently left with a long-lasting disability. We hypothesised that patients who developed delirium during ICU stay, compared with patients who did not, would have worse health-related quality of life following a critical illness. Methods Prospective longitudinal observational and analytical study assessing functional independence, frailty and perceived quality of life measured with the Barthel Index, the Clinical Frailty Scale, and the SF-36, comparing patients who developed delirium during ICU stay and patients who did not. The questionnaires were used at different times during the follow-up (upon ICU admission, at ICU discharge, at hospital discharge and 2 years after hospital discharge). Results In a cohort of 1462 patients, we matched 93 patients who developed delirium (delirium group) with 93 patients who did not develop delirium (no-delirium group). Of 156 completed questionnaires (84.7%), we observed that (a) in each of the two groups of patients, the scores related to functional independence (Barthel Index) and frailty (Clinical Frailty Scale) tended to improve over time (p
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