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Predictors of return to work in survivors of critical illness

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posted on 2018-12-01, 00:00 authored by Carol L Hodgson, Kimberley J Haines, Michael Bailey, Jonathan Barrett, Rinaldo Bellomo, Tracey BucknallTracey Bucknall, Belinda J Gabbe, Alisa M Higgins, Theodore J Iwashyna, Julian Hunt-Smith, Lynne J Murray, Paul S Myles, Jennie Ponsford, David Pilcher, Andrew A Udy, Craig Walker, Meredith Young, D J Jamie Cooper, ICU-Recovery Investigators
PURPOSE: To determine predictors of inability to return to work due to health six-months after intensive care admission; and compare functional recovery between patients who had not returned to work and employed patients. METHODS: Participants were working adults admitted to ICU who received >24 h of mechanical ventilation. Outcomes included inability to return to work due to health at six-months post-ICU admission, disability, health status, anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress. RESULTS: Of 107 patients, 31 (29%) were unable to return to work due to health at six-months after ICU admission. Predictors of inability to return to work included longer hospital stay (odds ratio [OR], 1.05; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.02-1.08; P = .004); lower Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) at admission (OR, 0.86; CI, 0.75-0.99; P = .03); and admission due to major trauma (OR, 8.83; CI, 2.57-30.38; P < .001). Compared to employed patients, those who had not returned to work reported higher levels of disability and psychological distress, and poorer health-related quality of life. CONCLUSION: Major trauma, lower GCS and increased hospital length of stay predicted inability to return to work due to health at six-months post-ICU admission. Compared to employed patients, those who had not returned to work reported poorer functional recovery.

History

Journal

Journal of critical care

Volume

48

Pagination

21 - 25

Publisher

Elsevier

Location

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

eISSN

1557-8615

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2018, Elsevier