Inter-rater agreement between patient- and proxy-reported cognitive functioning in intensive care unit patients: A cohort study

Health status, including cognitive functioning before critical illness, is associated with long-term outcomes in intensive care unit survivors. Premorbid data are therefore of importance in longitudinal studies. Few patients can self-report at intensive care admission. Consequently, proxy assessments of patients' health status are used. However, it remains unclear how accurately proxies can report on an intensive care patient's cognitive status.
Source: Australian Critical Care - Category: Nursing Authors: Tags: Research paper Source Type: research