Factors Related to Quality of Life 12 Months After Discharge from an Intensive Care Unit

Proxy respondents reliably assessed the quality of life of elective cardiac surgery patients

“…However, it was also noted that proxies systematically underrated a patient's functional status or quality of life [2,3]. Other studies on the outcomes of critically ill patients have used proxy-based information, but with little attention given to levels of agreement or potential bias (e.g., [13]). It is evident from the above studies that the level of agreement between index and proxy respondents on assessment of health status is variable.…”