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THURSDAY, Jan. 3, 2019 (HealthDay News) — The self-report version of the Healthy Aging Brain Care Monitor is valid for assessing post-intensive care syndrome (PICS), according to a study published in the January issue of the American Journal of Critical Care<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Sophia Wang, M.D., from the Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis, and colleagues validated the self-report version of the Healthy Aging Brain Care Monitor for 142 patients who survived a stay in an intensive care unit. Participants completed the Healthy Aging Brain Care Monitor Self-Report and standardized assessments of cognition, psychological symptoms, and physical functioning.<\/p>\n
The researchers observed good to excellent internal consistency on the total scale and all subscales (Cronbach’s \u03b1, 0.83 to 0.92). There was a strong correlation for scores on the psychological subscale with standardized measures of psychological symptoms (Spearman correlation coefficient, 0.68 to 0.74). There was a correlation for results on the cognitive subscale with the delayed memory measure (\u22120.51). Physical subscale scores correlated with the Physical Self-Maintenance Scale (\u22120.26). Significantly worse scores on subscales and total scores on the Healthy Aging Brain Care Monitor were seen for patients with PICS versus primary care patients.<\/p>\n
“Most intensive care unit survivors return to a primary care provider for post-hospital care, and health care professionals with little to no expertise in PICS need an easy-to-use tool to recognize when patients are experiencing symptoms related to their critical illness,” Wang said in a statement.<\/p>\n