Subjective Ratings of Mental and Physical Health Correlate With EQ-5D-5L Index Values in Survivors of Critical Illness: A Construct Validity Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Survivors of critical illness commonly show impaired health-related quality of life (HrQoL). We investigated if HrQoL can be approximated by brief, easily applicable items to be used in primary care.

Design

Secondary analysis of data from the multicenter, cluster-randomized controlled Enhanced Recovery after Intensive Care trial ( ClinicalTrials.gov : NCT03671447) and construct validity study.

Setting

Ten participating clusters of ICUs in the metropolitan area of Berlin, Germany.

Patients

Eight hundred fifty ICU survivors enrolled in a mixed, medical or surgical ICU when they had an expected ICU length of stay of at least 24 hours, were at least 18 years old, and had statutory health insurance coverage.

Interventions

None.

Measurements and

SUBMITTER: Paul N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9936981 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature