Instruments to measure outcomes of post-intensive care syndrome in outpatient care settings - Results of an expert consensus and feasibility field test.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is no consensus on the instruments for diagnosis of post-intensive care syndrome (PICS). We present a proposal for a set of outcome measurement instruments of PICS in outpatient care.

Methods

We conducted a three-round, semi-structured consensus-seeking process with medical experts, followed each by exploratory feasibility investigations with intensive care unit survivors (n₁ = 5; n₂ = 5; n₃ = 7). Fourteen participants from nine stakeholder groups participated in the first and second consensus meeting. In the third consensus meeting, a core group of six clinical researchers refined the final outcome measurement instrument set proposal.

Results

We suggest an outcome measurement instrument set used in a two-step process.

SUBMITTER: Spies CD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8120565 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature