• Intensive care medicine · Nov 2016

    Multicenter Study Pragmatic Clinical Trial

    A recovery program to improve quality of life, sense of coherence and psychological health in ICU survivors: a multicenter randomized controlled trial, the RAPIT study.

    • Janet F Jensen, Ingrid Egerod, Morten H Bestle, Doris F Christensen, Ask Elklit, Randi L Hansen, Heidi Knudsen, Louise B Grode, and Dorthe Overgaard.
    • Department of Anesthesiology, Nordsjællands Hospital, University of Copenhagen, 3400, Hilleroed, Denmark. janet.froulund.jensen@regionh.dk.
    • Intensive Care Med. 2016 Nov 1; 42 (11): 1733-1743.

    PurposeThe aim of this randomized controlled trial (RCT) was to test the effectiveness of a post-ICU recovery program compared to standard care during the first year after ICU discharge.MethodsA pragmatic, non-blinded, multicenter, parallel-group RCT was conducted between December 2012 and December 2015, at ten intensive care units (ICUs) in Denmark. We randomly assigned 386 adult patients (≥18 years) after receiving mechanical ventilation (≥48 h) to standard care (SC) plus a nurse-led intensive care recovery program or standard care alone after ICU discharge (190 intervention, 196 SC). Primary outcome was health-related quality of life (HRQOL) at 12 months. Secondary outcomes were sense of coherence (SOC), anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) assessed at 3 and 12 months after ICU discharge including utilization of healthcare services at 12 months.ResultsAt 12 months, we found no differences in HRQOL between groups (mean difference in the Physical Component Summary score, 1.41 [95 % CI, -1.53 to 4.35; p = 0.35] (n = 235); and in the Mental Component Summary score, 1.92 [95 % CI, -1.06 to 4.90; p = 0.11] (n = 235). No differences were found on self-reported SOC (p = 0.63), anxiety (p = 0.68), depression (p = 0.67), PTSD (p = 0.27), or the utilization of healthcare services including rehabilitation. We found a difference on anxiety, when a cut-off point ≥11 was applied, in per protocol analysis of complete cases at 3 months favoring the intervention (8.8 % vs. 16.2 %, p = 0.04).ConclusionsThe tested recovery program was not superior to standard care during the first 12 months post-ICU.Trial RegistrationThe trial is registered at Clinicaltrials.gov, identification no. NCT01721239.

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