ICU sedation, delirium & recovery
Changes in Restricting Symptoms after Critical Illness among Community-Living Older Adults
Authors' conclusion
Restricting symptoms increase substantially after a critical illness before returning to baseline three months after hospital discharge.
Study context
- Population
- Community-living adults ⩾70 years old admitted to the ICU (1998–2018)
- Participants
- 193 participants · 233 ICU admissions
- Exposure
- Six months after critical illness hospitalization vs baseline
- Outcome
- Occurrence and number of 15 restricting symptoms (leading to restricted activity)
- Follow-up
- Six months after hospital discharge
Methodological detailsmonthly interviews
- Monthly interviews
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Occurrence and number of restricting symptoms · six months after hospitalization
After discharge vs BaselineAdjusted rate ratio (95% CI)
Occurrence
3.1(2.1–4.6)
Number
3.3(2.1–5.3)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
| Outcome | Adjusted rate ratio (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|
| Occurrence and number of restricting symptoms, first month · first month after hospitalizationAfter discharge vs Baseline · occurrence | 5.3 (3.8–7.3) | |
| Occurrence and number of restricting symptoms, first month · first month after hospitalizationAfter discharge vs Baseline · number | 5.4 (3.9–7.5) | |
| 0.10.31310Adjusted rate ratio (log scale) |
Occurrence and number of restricting symptoms, first month · first month after hospitalization
- Increases declined and became nonsignificant in the third month
Subgroups: sex, multimorbidity, individual- or neighborhood-level socioeconomic disadvantage (subgroup)
- Increases in restricting symptoms did not differ significantly by subgroup
Original publication
Changes in Restricting Symptoms after Critical Illness among Community-Living Older Adults. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. Published 1 December 2023. doi:10.
Composed by AI from the published abstract and checked against it. How Briefs are made →