Six-Month Quality of Life in COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit Survivors.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Because there is increasing evidence of serious deterioration in long-term quality of life (QoL) in coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) intensive care unit (ICU) survivors, the authors identified predictors of poor quality of life in these patients.

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

Research hospital repurposed into a COVID-19 center.

Participants

Consecutive patients admitted in COVID-19 ICUs between March and June 2020.

Interventions

An SF-36 questionnaire, which included physical and mental items, was used six months after patient's discharge.

Measurements and main results

A total of 403 patients were managed in the ICU, with a hospital mortality of 181 of 403 (44.9%), and 16 (4.0%) patients died within six months. Among the 125 quest

SUBMITTER: Likhvantsev V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8401277 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature