Factors Associated with Functional Recovery among Older Intensive Care Unit Survivors.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

Most of the 1.4 million older adults who survive the intensive care unit (ICU) annually in the United States face increased disability, but little is known about those who achieve functional recovery.

Objectives

Our objectives were twofold: to evaluate the incidence and time to recovery of premorbid function within 6 months of a critical illness and to identify independent predictors of functional recovery among older ICU survivors.

Methods

Potential participants included 754 persons aged 70 years or older who were evaluated monthly in 13 functional activities (1998-2012). The analytic sample included 218 ICU admissions from 186 ICU survivors. Functional recovery was defined as returning to a disability count less than or equal to the pre-ICU disability coun

SUBMITTER: Ferrante LE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4970594 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature