Activities of daily living status and psychiatric symptoms after discharge from an intensive care unit: a single-center 12-month longitudinal prospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

In post-intensive care syndrome (PICS), long-term survivors of critical illness present various physical and mental symptoms that can persist for years after discharge. Post-intensive care syndrome in Japan has not been well described, so this study aims to elucidate its epidemiology.

Methods

We undertook a single-center prospective longitudinal cohort study in a mixed intensive care unit (ICU) in a Japanese tertiary hospital. Adult patients emergently admitted to the ICU were eligible for inclusion in the study. To assess activity of daily living (ADL) status and psychiatric symptoms, we posted a questionnaire at 3 and 12 months after discharge from the ICU. We evaluated ADL status, anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms using the Barthel index

SUBMITTER: Shima N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7507519 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature