tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: "Conceptual issues specifically related to health-related quality of life in critically ill patients"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Conceptual issues specifically related to health-related quality of life in critically ill patients. | Available online http content 13 1 118 Commentary Conceptual issues specifically related to health-related quality of life in critically ill patients José GM Hofhuis1 2 Henk F van Stel3 Augustinus JP Schrijvers3 Johannes H Rommes1 Jan Bakker2 and Peter E Spronk1 4 1 Department of Intensive Care Gelre Hospitals Location Lukas Albert Schweiterlaan 31 7334 DZ Apeldoorn The Netherlands 2Department of Intensive Care Erasmus University Medical Center Gravendijkwal 230 3015 CE The Netherlands 3Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care University Medical Center Heidelberglaan 100 3584 CX The Netherlands 4Department of Intensive Care Academic Medical Center Meibergdreef 9 1105 AZ Amsterdam The Netherlands Corresponding author J Hofhuis Published 19 February 2009 This article is online at http content 13 1 118 2009 BioMed Central Ltd Critical Care 2009 13 118 doi cc7699 Abstract During recent years increasing attention has been given to the quality of survival in critical care. Health-related quality of life HRQOL is an important issue both for patients and their families. Furthermore admission to the intensive care unit can have adverse psychological effects in critically ill patients. Recent studies conducted in critically ill patients have measured HRQOL. However usually absent from such reports are evaluations of conceptual issues addressing factors such as why HRQOL should be measured in critically ill patients how to define and standardize domains of HRQOL whether proxies can provide useful information about HRQOL in critically ill patients whether response shift occurs in critically ill patients and whether post-traumatic stress disorder PTSD occurs in critically ill patients. Some studies reported moderate agreement between patients and their proxies although lower levels of agreement may be reported for psychosocial or physical functioning. Response shift adaptation and change in perception appears to be an