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Long-term cognitive impairment and functional disability among survivors of severe sepsis.
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CONTEXT: Cognitive impairment and functional disability are major determinants of caregiving needs and societal health care costs. Although the incidence of severe sepsis is high and increasing, the magnitude of patients' long-term cognitive and functional limitations after sepsis is unknown. OBJECTIVE: To determine the change in cognitive impairment and physical functioning among patients who survive severe sepsis, controlling for their presepsis functioning. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PATIENTS: A prospective cohort involving 1194 patients with 1520 hospitalizations for severe sepsis drawn from the Health and Retirement Study, a nationally representative survey of US residents (1998-2006). A total of 9223 respondents had a baseline cognitive and functional assessment and had linked Medicare claims; 516 survived severe sepsis and 4517 survived a nonsepsis hospitalization to at least 1 follow-up survey and are included in the analysis. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Personal interviews were conducted with respondents or proxies using validated surveys to assess the presence of cognitive impairment and to determine the number of activities of daily living (ADLs) and instrumental ADLs (IADLs) for which patients needed assistance. RESULTS: Survivors' mean age at hospitalization was 76.9 years. The prevalence of moderate to severe cognitive impairment increased 10.6 percentage points among patients who survived severe sepsis, an odds ratio (OR) of 3.34 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.53-7.25) in multivariable regression. Likewise, a high rate of new functional limitations was seen following sepsis: in those with no limits before sepsis, a mean 1.57 new limitations (95% CI, 0.99-2.15); and for those with mild to moderate limitations before sepsis, a mean of 1.50 new limitations (95% CI, 0.87-2.12). In contrast, nonsepsis general hospitalizations were associated with no change in moderate to severe cognitive impairment (OR, 1.15; 95% CI, 0.80-1.67; P for difference vs sepsis = .01) and with the development of fewer new limitations (mean among those with no limits before hospitalization, 0.48; 95% CI, 0.39-0.57; P for difference vs sepsis <.001 and mean among those with mild to moderate limits, 0.43; 95% CI, 0.23-0.63; P for difference = .001). The declines in cognitive and physical function persisted for at least 8 years. CONCLUSIONS: Severe sepsis in this older population was independently associated with substantial and persistent new cognitive impairment and functional disability among survivors. The magnitude of these new deficits was large, likely resulting in a pivotal downturn in patients' ability to live independently.
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- Authors
- Iwashyna, T. J., Ely, E. W., Smith, D. M., & Langa, K. M.
- Affiliations
- University of Michigan (US)
- Vanderbilt University (US)
- Stony Brook University Hospital (US)
- Venue
- JAMA
- Publisher
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- Published
- 2010-10-27
- Volume
- 304
- Issue
- 16
- Pages
- 1787
- ISSN
- 0002-9955 (ISSN-L)
- 0098-7484
- PMC
- PMC3345288
- OpenAlex
- W2098572294
- Cited by
- 2,582
- References
- 56
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- FWCI
- 52.52
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- JAMA (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (U01 AG09740)
- National Institutes of Health
- Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research (UL 1RR024986)
- Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center
- National Institute on Aging (U01 AG 09740, R01AG030155, K23AG001023, AG027472, R01AG027472, U01AG009740, R01AG027010)
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (K08HL091249)
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (P60DK020572, P60 DK 20572)
- National Center for Research Resources (UL1RR024986)
- NIH Clinical Center
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine › Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine › Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Keywords
- severe sepsis, cognitive impairment, functional disability, activities of daily living, instrumental activities of daily living, long-term outcomes, older adults, hospitalization, Health and Retirement Study, Medicare claims data, health care costs
- MeSH terms
- Activities of Daily Living, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Cognition Disorders, Female, Persons with Disabilities, Disabled Persons, Health Status, Hospitalization, Humans, Male, Prospective Studies, Severity of Illness Index, United States, Case-Control Studies, Survivors, Sepsis
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