Health Expectations and Quality of Life After Acute Respiratory Failure: A Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients often have high expectations for recovery after critical illness, but the impact of these expectations on subsequent quality of life (QoL) after serious illnesses has not been evaluated empirically.

Research question

Among adult survivors of acute respiratory failure (ARF), are met vs unmet expectations for health associated with self-reported QoL 6 months after discharge?

Study design and methods

This was a prospective longitudinal cohort study enrolling consecutive adult patients with ARF managed in ICUs at five academic medical centers. At hospital discharge, we evaluated participants' expected health 6 months in the future via a visual analog scale (VAS; range, 0-100), with higher scores representing better expected health. At 6-month follow-up

SUBMITTER: Turnbull AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10331625 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature