Motoric Subtypes of Delirium and Long-Term Functional and Mental Health Outcomes in Adults After Critical Illness.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Adult ICU survivors that experience delirium are at high risk for developing new functional disabilities and mental health disorders. We sought to determine if individual motoric subtypes of delirium are associated with worse disability, depression, and/or post-traumatic stress disorder in ICU survivors.

Design

Secondary analysis of a prospective multicenter cohort study.

Setting

Academic, community, and Veteran Affairs hospitals.

Patients

Adult ICU survivors of respiratory failure and/or shock.

Interventions

We assessed delirium and level of consciousness using the Confusion Assessment Method-ICU and Richmond Agitation and Sedation Scale daily during hospitalization. We classified delirium as hypoactive (Richmond Agitation and Sedation Scale

SUBMITTER: Rengel KF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8634774 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature