Combined Activity and Cognitive Intervention for ICU Survivors

Launched by THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG · Oct 31, 2023

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ClinConnect Summary

With the growing cohort of patients surviving after ICU treatment, the long-term consequences of critical illness have gained increased attention in the past decade. It is common for ICU survivors to experience long-term impairments in one or more domains of physical, cognitive or psychological functioning that persist beyond acute care hospitalization for a critical illness, impairments that are collectively known as post-intensive care syndrome (PICS).

As PICS is a relatively new syndrome, research is accumulating on different approaches to tackling it. There are several limitations on p...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • 1. Chinese adults aged ≥18
• • 2. has been admitted to ICU for at least 4 days
• • 3. discharged home
• • 4. able to perform basic activities of daily living before ICU admission
• • 5. living with family
• • 6. has an electronic device that can access the internet (patient/family)
• • 7. able to walk for at least 10 metres (assisted or unassisted)
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • 1. cannot read Chinese
• • 2. has musculoskeletal injury precluding exercise training
• • 3. is receiving structured out-patient pulmonary or cardiac rehabilitation after discharge
• • 4. has clinically evident dementia or significant impairment from an acute brain problem (e.g. traumatic brain injury, stroke, subarachnoid haemorrhage or hypoxic brain injury) that precludes following the study protocol
• • 5. has prolonged length of stay (≥28 days) in the step-down wards