ICU sedation, delirium & recovery
Changes in quality of life 1 year after intensive care: a multicenter prospective cohort of ICU survivors
Authors' conclusion
This large prospective multicenter cohort study demonstrated the diversity in long-term quality of life between, and even within, subgroups of ICU survivors.
Study context
- Population
- ICU survivors admitted to one of eleven hospitals between July 2016 and June 2021 (MONITOR-IC)50.6% of included
- Participants
- 3,913 survivors
- Exposure
- Respiratory disease vs Trauma
- Outcome
- Change in quality of life (EQ-5D-5L score 1 year post-ICU minus score 1 day before hospital admission; change ≥ 0.08 clinically important)
- Follow-up
- 1 year post-ICU
Methodological detailsmulticentre
- Multicentre
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Change in EQ-5D-5L score by admission diagnosis subgroup (22 subgroups)
Respiratory disease
0.17
mean · SD 0.38
Trauma
−0.13
mean · SD 0.28
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Changes in quality of life 1 year after intensive care: a multicenter prospective cohort of ICU survivors. Crit Care. Published 25 July 2024. doi:10.
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