Health-related quality of life correlates with patient-reported and proxy-reported disability in critical illness survivors: a secondary analysis of the ERIC trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Expanding follow-up services for survivors of critical illness requires short and reliable instrument sets. The WHO Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS) 2.0 and the EuroQol 5-Dimensions 5-Level (EQ-5D-5L) are recommended to assess disability and health-related quality of life (HrQoL), respectively. As they may measure partially overlapping constructs, we assessed their relationship.

Methods

We conducted a secondary analysis of the multicenter cluster-randomized controlled Enhanced Recovery after Intensive Care (ERIC) trial (ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT03671447). At follow-ups scheduled 6 months after ICU discharge, critical illness survivors and caregivers completed the EQ-5D-5L, the patient-reported and the proxy-reported 12-item WHODAS 2.0. We employed local polyn

SUBMITTER: Ribet Buse E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12020060 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature