ICU sedation, delirium & recovery
Sleep and Circadian Health of Critical Survivors: A 12-Month Follow-Up Study*
Authors' conclusion
Our findings reveal a great prevalence of critical survivors presenting poor sleep quality 12 months after hospital discharge.
Study context
- Population
- ICU survivors of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection69.2% males
- Participants
- 260 survivors
- Outcome
- Poor sleep quality (PSQI)
- Follow-up
- 12 months after hospital discharge
Methodological detailssingle-centre, 12-month follow-up
- Single-centre
- 12-month follow-up
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Cohort
43.1%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Fragmentation of circadian rest-activity rhythm by disease severity (actigraphy) · 3- and 6-month follow-ups
- Influence of disease severity on rhythm fragmentation at 3 and 6 months, no longer significant in the long term
Predictors of rhythm fragmentation · 12-month follow-up
- Length of ICU stay, effect size
- 0.248 (95% CI 0.078-0.418)
- Duration of invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV), effect size
- 0.182 (95% CI 0.005-0.359)
Correlations · 12-month follow-up
- Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) vs Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, anxiety (rho)
- 0.55
- PSQI vs Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, depression (rho)
- 0.5
- Rhythm fragmentation vs diffusing lung capacity for carbon monoxide (rho)
- −0.35
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Original publication
Sleep and Circadian Health of Critical Survivors: A 12-Month Follow-Up Study*. Crit Care Med. Published 10 April 2024. doi:10.
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