Journal article
Health-related quality of life in australasian survivors of H1N1 influenza undergoing mechanical ventilation a multicenter cohort study
EH Skinner, KJ Haines, B Howe, CL Hodgson, L Denehy, CJ McArthur, D Seller, E Di Marco, K Mulvany, DT Ryan, S Berney
Annals of the American Thoracic Society | AMER THORACIC SOC | Published : 2015
Abstract
Rationale: Patients surviving acute respiratory distress syndrome suffer decrements in physical function and health-related quality of life (HR-QoL); however, it is unclear whether HR-QoL is disproportionately affected in those with H1N1 influenza. Objectives: The objective was to compare the HR-QoL of patients with a diagnosis of H1N1 influenza who were mechanically ventilated, 12 months after intensive care unit (ICU) discharge with healthy population data and ICU survivor data. Methods: A prospective, observational, binational, multicenter cohort study was conducted in 11 ICUs in Australia and New Zealand during June-September 2009. Eligible participants were mechanically ventilated in th..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This is a substudy of the INFINITE research programme endorsed by the Australia and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical Trials Group. The authors acknowledge the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre and the INFINITE study investigators for their support in the conduct of this study. The authors acknowledge Professor Margaret Herridge and Associate Professor George Tomlinson for their provision of unpublished ARDS cohort data for use in SF-36 norm- based score calculations. The authors acknowledge the following contributors from each ICU for their contribution to data collection: Alec Anderson (Royal Melbourne Hospital, VIC, Australia); Jeanette Bell (North Shore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand); Jasmin Board (The Alfred Hospital, VIC, Australia); Katherine Clarke (Austin Health, VIC, Australia); Pauline Galt (Monash Medical Centre, VIC, Australia); Jennifer Goodson (Tauranga Hospital, Tauranga, New Zealand); Jan Mehrtens (Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand); Selina Parry (Austin Health, VIC, Australia); Brigit Roberts (Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, WA, Australia); Catherine Simmonds (Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand); Roger Smith (St. Vincent's Hospital, VIC, Australia) and Teresa Williams (Royal Perth Hospital, WA, Australia).