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The role of memories on health-related quality of life after intensive care unit care: an unforgettable controversy?
| dc.contributor.author | Orwelius, Lotti | |
| dc.contributor.author | Teixeira-Pinto, Armando | |
| dc.contributor.author | Lobo, Cristina | |
| dc.contributor.author | Costa-Pereira, Altamiro | |
| dc.contributor.author | Granja, Cristina | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-04-07T15:57:30Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-04-07T15:57:30Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Background: Decreased health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is a significant problem after an intensive care stay and is affected by several known factors such as age, sex, and previous health-state. The objective of this study was to assess the association between memory and self-reported perceived HRQoL of patients discharged from the intensive care unit (ICU).Methods: A prospective, multicenter study involving nine general ICUs in Portugal. All adult patients with a length of stay >48 hours were invited to participate in a 6-month follow-up after ICU discharge by answering a set of structured questionnaires, including EuroQol 5-Dimensions and ICU memory tool.Results: A total of 313 (52% of the eligible) patients agreed to enter the study. The median age of patients was 60 years old, 58% were males, the median Simplified Acute Physiology Score II (SAPS II) was 38, and the median length of stay was 8 days for ICU and 21 days for total hospital stay. Eighty-nine percent (n=276) of the admissions were emergencies. Seventy-eight percent (n=234) of the patients had memories associated with the ICU stay. Patients with no memories had 2.1 higher chances (P=0.011) of being in the bottom half of the HRQoL score (<0.5 EuroQol 5-Dimensions index score). Even after adjusting for pre-admission characteristics, having memories was associated with higher perceived HRQoL (adjusted odds ratio =2.1, P=0.022).Conclusion: This study suggests that most of the ICU survivors have memories of their ICU stay. For the ICU survivors, having memories of the ICU stay is associated with a higher perceived HRQoL 6 months after ICU discharge. | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.2147/PROM.S89555 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1179-271X | |
| dc.identifier.other | AUT: MCS02894; | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/9728 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | |
| dc.relation | The PIRO Sepsis concept - implementation and validation of a new classification in Sepsis | |
| dc.relation.isbasedon | WOS:000382878100002 | |
| dc.title | The role of memories on health-related quality of life after intensive care unit care: an unforgettable controversy? | |
| dc.type | journal article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oaire.awardTitle | The PIRO Sepsis concept - implementation and validation of a new classification in Sepsis | |
| oaire.awardURI | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/5876-PPCDTI/PIC%2FIC%2F83312%2F2007/PT | |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 71 | |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 63 | |
| oaire.citation.title | Patient Related Outcome Measures | |
| oaire.citation.volume | 7 | |
| oaire.fundingStream | 5876-PPCDTI | |
| project.funder.identifier | http://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871 | |
| project.funder.name | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia | |
| rcaap.rights | openAccess | |
| rcaap.type | article | |
| relation.isProjectOfPublication | 34178dbd-ee52-4a72-904f-029d0758ea0a | |
| relation.isProjectOfPublication.latestForDiscovery | 34178dbd-ee52-4a72-904f-029d0758ea0a |
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