Patients' Outcomes After Acute Respiratory Failure: A Qualitative Study With the PROMIS Framework.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As mortality rates for patients treated in intensive care units decrease, greater understanding of the impact of critical illness on patients' well-being is needed.

Objective

To describe the survivorship experience of patients who had acute respiratory failure by using the Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) framework.

Methods

A total of 48 adult patients who had acute respiratory failure completed at least 1 semistructured telephone-based interview between 5 and 18 months after their stay in the intensive care unit. Participants were asked about overall well-being and important health outcomes.

Results

Major themes were identified within each of the 3 PROMIS components: physical health, mental health, and social health.

SUBMITTER: Eakin MN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6385886 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature