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Will he get back to normal? survival and functional status after intensive care therapy

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posted on 2002-06-01, 00:00 authored by A Gardner, B Sibthorpe
The study aim was to address healthcare workers’ and patients’ questions about the likely level of recovery at 6 months of patients admitted to an Australian intensive care unit (ICU). Ninety-three consecutive, eligible adults were identified and followed prospectively. Severity of illness on admission was assessed using Acute Physiological and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE II), while functional status at 6 months was evaluated using the Sickness Impact Profile (SIP). Cumulative mortality was 25%. Admission severity of illness was associated with survival at 6 months (P≤0.001). Fifty-one (78%) of the 70 survivors were interviewed. Admission severity of illness scores correlated with functional status at 6 months (r=0.34, P=0.01), a finding reported in only one other study. More than half of those interviewed had returned to near pre-admission functional status. Those with poor functional status included high proportions of people with chronic illness and head injury. Overall, physical recovery was more complete than psychosocial recovery. The findings provide useful information for addressing questions relating to physical and psychosocial recovery, appetite, sleep patterns and return to work post discharge.

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Journal

Intensive and critical care nursing

Volume

18

Issue

3

Pagination

138 - 145

Publisher

Elsevier Science

Location

New York, N.Y.

ISSN

0964-3397

eISSN

1532-4036

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2002, Elsevier Science Ltd.

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