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Table 1 Variables and Measurement Schedule

From: Health-related quality of life and nursing-sensitive outcomes in mechanically ventilated patients in an Intensive Care Unit: a study protocol

Category

Variables

Measurement Schedule

Anthropometric

Age, Gender

Admission

Weight, Height

Admission and 12 months after ICU discharge

Sociodemographic

Academic level

Admission and 12 months after ICU discharge

Employment, economic income

 

Main caregiver, family/social support system

 

ICU length of stay

Main medical diagnosis, reason for ICU admission, APACHE II, Age corrected Charlson Index

Admission

ARDS, MODS, Surgical interventions, blood transfusion, renal replacement therapy, Ramsay Score for >3 hours.

Daily

Complications, GCS, Barthel Index, length of ICU stay (days) and hospital stay

ICU discharge and 12 months after

ICU discharge and hospital discharge

Mechanical Ventilation

Reason for intubation and MV

Admission

Modes of MV utilised (hours and days)

Daily

Respiratory complications

Days with tracheostomy tube in place

ICU Discharge

Days on MV

NSO

Total hours in pain (Assessed using a VAS), PU, Falls, VAP, CRB, UTI

Daily

Allocated nurse’s expertise

HRQL

SF-36, QRSG

ICU discharge and 12 months after

SF-36, QRSG (assessed by main caregiver)

ICU discharge

ICU Stressors

ICU-SEQ

ICU discharge and 12 months after

  1. APACHE II: Acute Physiologic A Chronic Health Evaluation II, ARDS: Acute Distress Respiratory Syndrome, MODS: Multiorgan Dysfunction Syndrome, GCS: Glasgow Coma Score, ETT: Endotracheal Tube, MV: Mechanical, VAS. Visual Analog Scale, PU: Pressure Ulcers, VAP: Ventilator Associated Pneumonia, CRB: Catheter Related Bacteriemia, UTI: Urinary Tract Infection, SF-36: Medical Outcome Study-Short Form 36, QRSG: Saint Georges Respiratory Questionnaire, ICU-SEQ: ICU Stressful Experience Questionnaire