Acute respiratory insufficiency is one of the principal causes of intensive care admission for COVID 19 positive patients. This may determine a variable mortality rate ranging from 25-30%. In these patients, many days of non-invasive or invasive mechanical ventilation are needed to correct severe hypoxemia. Mechanical ventilation is not a direct therapy but allows the clinicians to prolong the "time-to-recovery" interval necessary for COVID 19 respiratory insufficiency treatment. Long intensive care stay, mechanical ventilation, the use of steroids and sedatives have an impact on the survivors. Previous studies demonstrated that patients admitted to intensive care with non-COVID acute respiratory distress syndrome had a reduction in the quality of life even up to one year after discharge. The aim of this study is to understand if COVID-19 related acute respiratory distress syndrome has a worse impact on the quality of life one year after discharge when compared with non-COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
309
Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Academic Hospital of Catanzaro
Catanzaro, Calabria, Italy
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGAnesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Therapy, Academic Hospital "Federico II" of Naples
Naples, Campania, Italy
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGAnesthesia and Intensive Care, Academic Hospital of Ferrara
Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGAnesthesia and Intensive Care 2, Academic Hospital of Parma
Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGAnesthesia and Intensive Care Department, Ravenna Hospital
Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGDepartment of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Academic Hospital of Udine
Udine, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy
RECRUITINGAnesthesia and Intensive Care 1, Hospital of Trento
Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGAnesthesia and Intensive Care 2, Perugia Hospital
Perugia, Umbria, Italy
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGShort Form Health Survey 36
Evaluate the physical abilities of patients discharged from the intensive care unit after admission for COVID-19 respiratory insufficiency. The scale ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 is the worse value and 100 is the best.
Time frame: One year after discharge
Impact of Event Scale - Revised (IES-R)
Identify post traumatic stress disorder in patients discharged from the intensive care unit after admission for COVID-19 respiratory insufficiency. The scale ranges from 0 to 88, where 0 is the best value and 88 the worst.
Time frame: One year after discharge
Age
Evaluate if there is an association between quality of life measured with Short Form Health Survey 36 scale and Impact of Event Scale - Revised and post traumatic stress disorder with the age of the patients
Time frame: One year after discharge
Gender
Evaluate if there is an association between quality of life measured with Short Form Health Survey 36 scale and Impact of Event Scale - Revised and post traumatic stress disorder with the gender of the patients
Time frame: One year after discharge
Scholarship
Evaluate if there is an association between quality of life measured with Short Form Health Survey 36 scale and Impact of Event Scale - Revised and post traumatic stress disorder with the scholarship of the patients
Time frame: One year after discharge
Marital status
Evaluate if there is an association between quality of life measured with Short Form Health Survey 36 scale and Impact of Event Scale - Revised and post traumatic stress disorder with the marital status of the patients
Time frame: One year after discharge
Steroids
Evaluate if there is an association between quality of life measured with Short Form Health Survey 36 scale and Impact of Event Scale - Revised and post traumatic stress disorder with the use of steroids
Time frame: One year after discharge
Muscle relaxants
Evaluate if there is an association between quality of life measured with Short Form Health Survey 36 scale and Impact of Event Scale - Revised and post traumatic stress disorder with the use of muscle relaxants
Time frame: One year after discharge
Renal replacement therapy
Evaluate if there is an association between quality of life measured with Short Form Health Survey 36 scale and Impact of Event Scale - Revised and post traumatic stress disorder with the use of renal replacement therapy
Time frame: One year after discharge
Tracheostomy
Evaluate if there is an association between quality of life measured with Short Form Health Survey 36 scale and Impact of Event Scale - Revised and post traumatic stress disorder with tracheostomy
Time frame: One year after discharge
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