Abstract
Objectives
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to validate the structure of the Sickness Impact Profile scale (SIP) when applied to intensive care patients after discharge from the hospital.
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to explore the influence of age upon the various components of quality of life.
Design
Prospective study.
Setting
Patients admitted to 36 Dutch ICUs.
Methods
6247 patients out of 13000 consecutive admissions to the ICUs answered a SIP questionnaire 6 months after discharge from the hospital. The 3655 returned questionnaires were analyzed after aggregating the respondents into 6 age groups: from group 1: 17–29 up to group 4: >70 years of age.
Intervention
Self-administration of SIP one year after discharge, measuring 5 independent categories (IC) and two dimensions: physical (PD) and psychosocial (PSD).
Results
The total SIP-score oscillated between 5.8±8.2 (group I) and 10.5±9.5 (group 4). Group 3 had also a high score (9.4±11.2). Overall, the quality of life of patients was dominated by dysfunction on the categories composing the physical dimension, with exception of patients with ages between 30 and 50 years, in which dysfunction on the categories composing the psychosocial dimension was dominant. The structure of the SIP in the study was similar to that described to the original instrument.
Conclusions
The study validated the use of the SIP QOL-instrument on patients after intensive care. Age influenced consistently the various components of quality of life.
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This study is part of a study supported by Grant #T 87-34 from the Dutch Ministry of Health and by the Foundation for Research on Intensive Care in Europe (FRICE)
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Tian, Z.M., Reis Miranda, D. Quality of life after intensive care with the sickness impact profile. Intensive Care Med 21, 422–428 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01707411
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01707411