| Title: | Understanding the social outcomes of survivors of critical illness: a cross sectional population study of UK Biobank participants |
| Lead Institution: | University of Glasgow |
| Principal investigator: | Dr Joanne McPeake |
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Rationale Intensive Care Unit patients are the sickest patients in the hospital. Many will unfortunately not survive. We know from previous research that the patients who do survive can have problems, which can be physical and emotional in nature. As a result, this patient group have frequent interactions with the NHS in the year following critical care discharge, including increased readmissions to hospital. Most research to date has looked at the medical reasons for these problems. We aim to develop a proactive intervention, pre-hospital discharge, to reduce readmission to acute care following critical illness. We will utilise the learning from this study to inform the different facets of this complex intervention. Aim The aim of this project is to understand if there are also social reasons for frequent readmissions to the hospital environment following critical illness. This will help inform the development of clinical interventions to support this patient group more effectively. Project Duration We have asked for access to this data for two years to allow us to understand the challenges this patient group have. We do not intend to follow-up any Biobank patients and we are not requesting blood samples. Public Health Impact 60% of patients discharged from critical care will be readmitted to hospital as an emergency with 90 days. This can cause stress for patients and their families, but also causes extra strain for the Health Service. This project will help understand how we can better support this vulnerable patient group. The research and clinical group involved in this project aim to create an intervention, informed from the results of this work, for patient and health service benefit.1 Publication
| Pub ID | Title | Author(s) | Year | Journal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9180 | Factors Associated With New Analgesic Requirements Following Critical Illness | Mark Andonovic (+4) | 2023 | Journal of Intensive Care Medicine |
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