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Social integration: an important factor for health-related quality of life after critical illness
- Source :
- Intensive Care Medicine. 37:831-838
- Publication Year :
- 2011
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2011.
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Abstract
- To examine to what extent availability of social integration affects health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in former intensive care unit (ICU) patients and how it relates to corresponding findings in a general reference group. Controlled, multicenter, prospective, explorative study. HRQoL data (SF-36) were collected from three combined medical and surgical ICUs in the south-east of Sweden. Social integration was assessed by the Availability of Social Integration (AVSI) instrument (seven questions related to the social interaction of the patient). As reference group, a random sample (n = 6,093) of people from the uptake area of the hospitals was used. Social integration (AVSI), HRQoL (SF-36), and comorbidity were examined also in the reference group. None. The level of social integration significantly affected HRQoL for the former ICU patients, whereas no such effect was seen for the general reference group. For the ICU patients, social integration affected HRQoL to a larger extent than age, sex, and the ICU-related factors examined, but to a lower extent than the pre-existing diseases. For a comprehensive assessment of HRQoL in former ICU patients, it is mandatory to include the effect of social integration. The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com: Lotti Orvelius, Carl Bäckman, Mats Fredrikson, Eva Simonsson, Peter Nordlund, Anders Samuelsson and Folke Sjöberg, Social integration: an important factor for health-related quality of life after critical illness, 2011, INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE, (37), 5, 831-838. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00134-011-2137-0 Copyright: Springer Science Business Media http://www.springerlink.com/
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Gerontology
Critical Illness
Health Status
Health-related quality of life
Comorbidity
Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine
law.invention
Social integration
Quality of life
law
Surveys and Questionnaires
Intensive care
medicine
Humans
Prospective Studies
Prospective cohort study
Reference group
Aged
Sweden
MEDICINE
business.industry
Follow-up
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Intensive care unit
humanities
Availability of social integration (AVSI)
Social relation
Intensive Care Units
MEDICIN
Quality of Life
Female
business
Social Adjustment
Follow-Up Studies
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14321238 and 03424642
- Volume :
- 37
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Intensive Care Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....d57e0eddce609c990a4cc4dda2ea7366