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Sepsis patients do not differ in health‐related quality of life compared with other ICU patients
Author(s) -
ORWELIUS L.,
LOBO C.,
TEIXEIRA PINTO A.,
CARNEIRO A.,
COSTAPEREIRA A.,
GRANJA C.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
acta anaesthesiologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1399-6576
pISSN - 0001-5172
DOI - 10.1111/aas.12164
Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care unit , sepsis , medical diagnosis , septic shock , quality of life (healthcare) , emergency medicine , health related quality of life , prospective cohort study , intensive care , intensive care medicine , disease , nursing , pathology
The aim of the present multicentre study is to assess health‐related quality of life in patients with community‐acquired sepsis, severe sepsis, or septic shock ( CAS ) 6 months after discharge from the intensive care unit ( ICU ) and to compare the health‐related quality of life of the ICU survivors with CAS with ICU survivors with other ICU diagnoses. Methods Prospective, multicentre study in nine combined medical and surgical ICUs in P ortugal. Health‐related quality of life was assessed 6 months after ICU stay, using EuroQol‐5D ( EQ‐5D ) mailed to patients. ICU ‐related factors were obtained from the local ICU database and the local database for the SACiUCI follow‐up study. Results A total of 313 (52%) surviving patients answered the questionnaire, and of these 91 (29%) were admitted for CAS . There were no significant differences in health‐related quality of life between the two study groups. Conclusion Patients admitted to ICU for CAS did not perceived different health‐related quality of life compared with ICU patients admitted for other diagnoses.