Assessing oral comprehension with an eye tracking based innovative device in critically ill patients and healthy volunteers: a cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Communication of caregivers and relatives to patients is a major difficulty in intensive care units (ICU). Patient's comprehension capabilities are variable over time and traditional comprehension tests cannot be implemented. Our purpose was to evaluate an oral comprehension test adapted for its automatic implementation using eye-tracking technology among ICU patients.

Methods

Prospective bi-centric cohort study was conducted on 60 healthy volunteers and 53 ICU patients. Subjects underwent an oral comprehension test using an eye-tracking device: Their results and characteristics were collected. The total duration of the test was 2 and a half minutes.

Results

While performing the test, 48 patients (92%) received invasive ventilation. Among healthy volunteers, t

SUBMITTER: Bodet-Contentin L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9508751 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature