• Journal of critical care · Dec 2018

    Predictors of return to work in survivors of critical illness.

    • Carol L Hodgson, Kimberley J Haines, Michael Bailey, Jonathan Barrett, Rinaldo Bellomo, Tracey Bucknall, Belinda J Gabbe, Alisa M Higgins, Theodore J Iwashyna, Julian Hunt-Smith, Lynne J Murray, Paul S Myles, Jennie Ponsford, David Pilcher, Andrew A Udy, Craig Walker, Meredith Young, Jamie Cooper D J DJ Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3800,, and ICU-Recovery Investigators.
    • Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3800, Australia; The Alfred Hospital, PO Box 315, Prahran, VIC 3181, Australia; Monash Partners Advanced Health Research and Translation Centre, Locked Bag 29, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia. Electronic address: carol.hodgson@monash.edu.
    • J Crit Care. 2018 Dec 1; 48: 21-25.

    PurposeTo determine predictors of inability to return to work due to health six-months after intensive care admission; and compare functional recovery between patients who had not returned to work and employed patients.MethodsParticipants were working adults admitted to ICU who received >24 h of mechanical ventilation. Outcomes included inability to return to work due to health at six-months post-ICU admission, disability, health status, anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress.ResultsOf 107 patients, 31 (29%) were unable to return to work due to health at six-months after ICU admission. Predictors of inability to return to work included longer hospital stay (odds ratio [OR], 1.05; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.02-1.08; P = .004); lower Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) at admission (OR, 0.86; CI, 0.75-0.99; P = .03); and admission due to major trauma (OR, 8.83; CI, 2.57-30.38; P < .001). Compared to employed patients, those who had not returned to work reported higher levels of disability and psychological distress, and poorer health-related quality of life.ConclusionMajor trauma, lower GCS and increased hospital length of stay predicted inability to return to work due to health at six-months post-ICU admission. Compared to employed patients, those who had not returned to work reported poorer functional recovery.Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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