Delirium and Self-Reported Driving Behaviors and Outcomes After Critical Illness.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Survivors of critical illness often have ongoing issues that affect functioning, including driving ability.

Objective

To examine whether intensive care unit (ICU) delirium is independently associated with long-term changes in driving behaviors.

Design, setting, and participants

This multicenter, longitudinal cohort study included 151 survivors of critical illness residing within 200 miles of Nashville, Tennessee. Survivors were surveyed 2 to 6 years after critical illness to assess the association between delirium duration and driving skills and behaviors (July 1, 2012, to April 30, 2013), and data were analyzed in 2014.

Main outcomes and measures

The primary and secondary outcomes were self-rated driving skill (Driver Skill Inventory) and risky driv

SUBMITTER: Danesh V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12423849 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature