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Study protocol: the Intensive Care Outcome Network ('ICON') study.

John A Griffiths1, Kayleigh Morgan, Vicki S Barber

  • 1ICS Trials Group, Kadoorie Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK. drjgriffiths@yahoo.co.uk

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The Intensive Care Outcome Network (ICON) study will track physical and psychological health in critical illness survivors. This research aims to determine the prevalence of long-term morbidities and improve patient quality of life.

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Published on: January 16, 2019

Area of Science:

  • Critical care medicine
  • Longitudinal health outcomes research

Background:

  • Extended follow-up of intensive care unit (ICU) survivors reveals significant long-term physical and psychological consequences impacting health-related quality of life.
  • A lack of rigorous longitudinal studies hinders the accurate determination of the true prevalence of these post-ICU morbidities.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To establish a UK-based longitudinal database of physical and psychological morbidity in critical illness survivors.
  • To accurately determine the prevalence of long-term health issues in ICU survivors.
  • To inform future research on causality, prognosis, and treatment effects, as well as economic modeling of critical illness burden.

Main Methods:

  • The Intensive Care Outcome Network (ICON) is a multi-centre, longitudinal study.
  • Patients will be recruited from 20-30 UK ICUs prior to hospital discharge.
  • Assessments at 3, 6, and 12 months post-ICU discharge will include health-related quality of life (SF-36, EQ-5D), anxiety/depression (HADS), and PTSD symptoms (PCL-C) via postal questionnaires.

Main Results:

  • This section is not applicable as the abstract describes a study in progress.

Conclusions:

  • The ICON study will generate a crucial UK database on the prevalence of physical and psychological morbidity in ICU survivors.
  • Accurate prevalence data is essential for developing models of causality, prognosis, and treatment effectiveness.
  • Study findings will aid in economic evaluations of the long-term impact of critical illness.