Physical function measures in ICU survivors, where to now? A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Growing evidence is describing the long-term morbidity experienced by critical illness survivors, a major contributing factor being impaired physical function. Consensus is yet to be reached on which physical function measures should be included in this population. This review aimed to describe physical functioning measurement instruments used in longitudinal studies of critical illness survivors, based on the International Classification of Function (ICF).

Methods

An electronic database search of EbscoHost, Web of Science and Scopus was conducted from inception to November 2023. Two reviewers independently applied the inclusion and exclusion criteria to titles, abstracts and full text-studies. Extracted data included year of publication; country; participant age;

SUBMITTER: du Plessis I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11669153 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature