Validation of a New Clinical Tool for Post-Intensive Care Syndrome.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Post-intensive care syndrome is defined as the long-term cognitive, physical, and psychological impairments due to critical illness.

Objective

To validate the self-report version of the Healthy Aging Brain Care Monitor as a clinical tool for detecting post-intensive care syndrome.

Methods

A total of 142 patients who survived a stay in an intensive care unit completed the Healthy Aging Brain Care Monitor Self-report and standardized assessments of cognition, psychological symptoms, and physical functioning. Cronbach α was used to measure the internal consistency of the scale items. Validity between the Healthy Aging Brain Care Monitor and comparison tests was measured by using Spearman correlation coefficients. Patients with post-intensive care syndrome were

SUBMITTER: Wang S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6687461 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature