Perioperative medicine & outcomes
Contextual nonmedical health factors and critical care-related outcomes: a systematic review
Authors' conclusion
Among five SDoH domains, economic stability was found to be the top investigated SDoH category for critical care-related outcomes. Contextual SDoH variables, indicating more vulnerable and adverse conditions, were associated with higher ICU admissions, greater need for ICU resource utilization, longer ICU duration, higher likelihood of developing critical illnesses, worsened life quality following ICU discharge, and higher mortality.
Study context
- Population
- United States (US) clinical studies with intensive care unit (ICU) patients using contextual (area-based) social determinants of health (SDoH) from publicly available data sources
- Participants
- 87 publications
- Comparison
- Association between contextual SDoH from publicly available databases and critical care-related outcomes
- Outcome
- Association of contextual SDoH with critical care-related outcomes (included publications)
Methodological detailsSearch of Web of Science, PubMed, Cochrane and Embase (search date June 8th, 2025)
- Search of Web of Science, PubMed, Cochrane and Embase (search date June 8th, 2025)
Pooled result
As reported in the abstract
Publications identified
87
Publications with pediatric patients
44
Publications with adult patients
40
Publications with a mixture of pediatric and adult patients
3
Original publication
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