Socioeconomic Factors and Intensive Care Unit-Related Cognitive Impairment.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We aimed to identify socioeconomic and clinical risk factors for post-intensive care unit (ICU)-related long-term cognitive impairment (LTCI).

Summary background data

After delirium during ICU stay, LTCI has been increasingly recognized, but without attention to socioeconomic factors.

Methods

We enrolled a prospective, multicenter cohort of ICU survivors with shock or respiratory failure from surgical and medical ICUs across 5 civilian and Veteran Affairs (VA) hospitals from 2010 to 2016. Our primary outcome was LTCI at 3- and 12 months post-hospital discharge defined by the Repeatable Battery for Assessment of Neuropsychological Symptoms (RBANS) global score. Covariates adjusted using multivariable linear regression included age, sex, race, AHRQ socioeconom

SUBMITTER: Haddad DN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7739516 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature