Disability in activities of daily living, depression, and quality of life among older medical ICU survivors: a prospective cohort study
Open Access
- 1 January 2011
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
- Vol. 9 (1) , 9
Abstract
Accurate measurement of quality of life in older ICU survivors is difficult but critical for understanding the long-term impact of our treatments. Activities of daily living (ADLs) are important components of functional status and more easily measured than quality of life (QOL). We sought to determine the cross-sectional associations between disability in ADLs and QOL as measured by version one of the Short Form 12-item Health Survey (SF-12) at both one month and one year post-ICU discharge.Keywords
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