Short-term health-related quality of life, physical function and psychological consequences of severe COVID-19.

6-min walking test COVID-19 Follow-up Health Related Quality of Life Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Journal

Annals of intensive care
ISSN: 2110-5820
Titre abrégé: Ann Intensive Care
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 101562873

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
04 Jun 2021
Historique:
received: 30 11 2020
accepted: 21 05 2021
entrez: 5 6 2021
pubmed: 6 6 2021
medline: 6 6 2021
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Survivors of severe COVID-19 are at risk of impaired health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and persistent physical and psychological disability after ICU and hospital discharge. The subsequent social burden is a major concern. We aimed to assess the short-term HRQoL, physical function and prevalence of post-traumatic stress symptoms of invasively mechanically ventilated COVID-19 patients treated in our ICU. Prospective, observational cohort study in a follow-up clinic. Patients completed a 6-min walking test (6MWT) to assess their cardio-pulmonary function around 2 months (early follow-up) from hospital discharge, the EQ-5D-5L questionnaire for quality of life assessment around 2 months and at 6 months from hospital discharge and an anonymous web-based Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R) questionnaire for Post-Traumatic Stress symptoms at 2 months. 47 patients attended our follow-up program, mean age 59 ± 10 years, median pre-morbid Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) 2 [2-3]. The median distance walked in 6 min was 470 [406-516] m, 83 [67-99]% of the predicted value. Overall 1 out 3 patients and 4/18 (22%) among those with a good functional baseline prior to COVID-19 (CFS of 1 or 2) had lower (84%) than predicted 6MWT. EQ-5D-5L quality of life VAS was 80 [70-90] out of 100 at early follow-up with a slight improvement to 85 [77.5-90] at 6 months. Mobility, self-care and usual activities improved between the two timepoints, while pain/discomfort and depression/anxiety did not improve or got worse. The IES-R total score was greater than the threshold for concern of 1.6 in 27/41(66%) respondents. Patients recovering from severe COVID-19 requiring invasive mechanical ventilation surviving hospital discharge present with early mild to moderate functional impairment, mildly reduced quality of life from hospital discharge with an overall improvement of mobility, self-care and the ability of performing usual activities, while a worsening of pain and depression/anxiety symptoms at 6 months and a large proportion of symptoms of post-traumatic distress soon after hospital discharge.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Survivors of severe COVID-19 are at risk of impaired health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and persistent physical and psychological disability after ICU and hospital discharge. The subsequent social burden is a major concern. We aimed to assess the short-term HRQoL, physical function and prevalence of post-traumatic stress symptoms of invasively mechanically ventilated COVID-19 patients treated in our ICU.
METHODS METHODS
Prospective, observational cohort study in a follow-up clinic. Patients completed a 6-min walking test (6MWT) to assess their cardio-pulmonary function around 2 months (early follow-up) from hospital discharge, the EQ-5D-5L questionnaire for quality of life assessment around 2 months and at 6 months from hospital discharge and an anonymous web-based Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R) questionnaire for Post-Traumatic Stress symptoms at 2 months.
RESULTS RESULTS
47 patients attended our follow-up program, mean age 59 ± 10 years, median pre-morbid Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) 2 [2-3]. The median distance walked in 6 min was 470 [406-516] m, 83 [67-99]% of the predicted value. Overall 1 out 3 patients and 4/18 (22%) among those with a good functional baseline prior to COVID-19 (CFS of 1 or 2) had lower (84%) than predicted 6MWT. EQ-5D-5L quality of life VAS was 80 [70-90] out of 100 at early follow-up with a slight improvement to 85 [77.5-90] at 6 months. Mobility, self-care and usual activities improved between the two timepoints, while pain/discomfort and depression/anxiety did not improve or got worse. The IES-R total score was greater than the threshold for concern of 1.6 in 27/41(66%) respondents.
CONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS
Patients recovering from severe COVID-19 requiring invasive mechanical ventilation surviving hospital discharge present with early mild to moderate functional impairment, mildly reduced quality of life from hospital discharge with an overall improvement of mobility, self-care and the ability of performing usual activities, while a worsening of pain and depression/anxiety symptoms at 6 months and a large proportion of symptoms of post-traumatic distress soon after hospital discharge.

Identifiants

pubmed: 34089104
doi: 10.1186/s13613-021-00881-x
pii: 10.1186/s13613-021-00881-x
pmc: PMC8177269
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Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

91

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Auteurs

Luca Carenzo (L)

Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center-IRCCS, Via Manzoni 56, 20089, Rozzano, Italy. luca.carenzo@hunimed.eu.

Alessandro Protti (A)

Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center-IRCCS, Via Manzoni 56, 20089, Rozzano, Italy.
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Via Rita Levi Montalcini 4, 20090, Pieve Emanuele, Italy.

Francesca Dalla Corte (F)

Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center-IRCCS, Via Manzoni 56, 20089, Rozzano, Italy.

Romina Aceto (R)

Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center-IRCCS, Via Manzoni 56, 20089, Rozzano, Italy.

Giacomo Iapichino (G)

Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center-IRCCS, Via Manzoni 56, 20089, Rozzano, Italy.

Angelo Milani (A)

Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center-IRCCS, Via Manzoni 56, 20089, Rozzano, Italy.
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Via Rita Levi Montalcini 4, 20090, Pieve Emanuele, Italy.

Alessandro Santini (A)

Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center-IRCCS, Via Manzoni 56, 20089, Rozzano, Italy.

Chiara Chiurazzi (C)

Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center-IRCCS, Via Manzoni 56, 20089, Rozzano, Italy.

Michele Ferrari (M)

Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center-IRCCS, Via Manzoni 56, 20089, Rozzano, Italy.

Enrico Heffler (E)

Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Via Rita Levi Montalcini 4, 20090, Pieve Emanuele, Italy.
Personalized Medicine, Asthma and Allergy, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center-IRCCS, Via Manzoni 56, 20089, Rozzano, Italy.

Claudio Angelini (C)

Department of Renal Medicine, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center-IRCCS, Via Manzoni 56, 20089, Rozzano, Italy.

Alessio Aghemo (A)

Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Via Rita Levi Montalcini 4, 20090, Pieve Emanuele, Italy.
Department of Internal Medicine and Hepatology, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center-IRCCS, Via Manzoni 56, 20089, Rozzano, MI, Italy.

Michele Ciccarelli (M)

Department of Respiratory Medicine, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center-IRCCS, Via Manzoni 56, 20089, Rozzano, Italy.

Arturo Chiti (A)

Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Via Rita Levi Montalcini 4, 20090, Pieve Emanuele, Italy.
Humanitas Clinical and Research Center-IRCCS, Via Manzoni 56, 20089, Rozzano, Italy.

Theodore J Iwashyna (TJ)

Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.

Margaret S Herridge (MS)

Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, Institute of Medical Science, Toronto General Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.

Maurizio Cecconi (M)

Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center-IRCCS, Via Manzoni 56, 20089, Rozzano, Italy.
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Via Rita Levi Montalcini 4, 20090, Pieve Emanuele, Italy.

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