Changes in health-related quality of life and factors predicting long-term outcomes in older adults admitted to intensive care units.

Objectives: The aims of this study were to determine predictors of survival after hospital discharge and to describe the impact of intensive care unit admission on health-related quality of life at 6 months after hospital discharge in older adults admitted to intensive care units.

Design: Prospective longitudinal observational study with administered questionnaire.

Settings And Patients: Patients 65 yrs of age and older who were admitted to the medical, surgical, and coronary intensive care units for >24 hrs in a large urban teaching hospital system from August 2007 to May 2008 with a follow-up period ending April 2009.