Long term outcomes following critical care hospital admission: A prospective cohort study of UK biobank participants^✰,★.

ABSTRACT:

Background

: This study aimed to understand the impact of a critical care admission on long-term outcomes, compared to other hospitalised patients without a critical care encounter. A secondary aim was to examine the interrelationship between emotional, physical, and social problems during recovery.

Methods

: We utilised data from the UK Biobank, an on-going, prospective population-based cohort study. We employed propensity score matching to assess differences in outcomes between patients with a critical care encounter and patients admitted to the hospital (first admission to hospital available) without critical care. Structural equation modelling was used to analyse emotional, physical and social outcomes following critical illness and the relationships between these health

SUBMITTER: McPeake J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8278491 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature