Associations Between Social Economic Determinants and Long-Term Outcomes of Critically Ill Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Differences in socioeconomic status (SES) may influence long-term physical, psychological, and cognitive health outcomes of ICU survivors. However, the relationship between SES and these three long-term health outcomes is rarely studied. The aim of this study was to investigate associations between SES and the occurrence of long-term outcomes 1-year post-ICU.

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

Seven Dutch ICUs.

Patients

Patients 16 years old or older and admitted for greater than or equal to 12 hours to the ICU between July 2016 and March 2020 completed questionnaires, or relatives if patients could not complete them themselves, at ICU admission and 1 year after ICU admission.

Interventions

None.

Measurements and main results

Valid

SUBMITTER: van Sleeuwen D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11952688 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature