The impact of COVID-19 critical illness on new disability, functional outcomes and return to work at 6 months: a prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There are few reports of new functional impairment following critical illness from COVID-19. We aimed to describe the incidence of death or new disability, functional impairment and changes in health-related quality of life of patients after COVID-19 critical illness at 6 months.

Methods

In a nationally representative, multicenter, prospective cohort study of COVID-19 critical illness, we determined the prevalence of death or new disability at 6 months, the primary outcome. We measured mortality, new disability and return to work with changes in the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 12L (WHODAS) and health status with the EQ5D-5L^TM.

Results

Of 274 eligible patients, 212 were enrolled from 30 hospitals. The median age wa

SUBMITTER: Hodgson CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8575157 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature