Health-Related Quality of Life Among Critical Ill Patients After Move Out of ICU - A Systematic Review Protocol

Introductionthe impact of critical illness is profound on patients resulting in physical, mental and social consequences and a poor health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Several studies investigated HRQOL among patients after moving out of the Intensive care unit (ICU). We will propose a systematic review of these studies. MethodWe will search PubMed, Web of Science, EMBASE, CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature), Cochrane Library and open grey paper that reported HRQOL of ICU survivors from January 2012 to January 2022 in the English language. We will exact HRQOL data. Risk of bias will use the QUADAS-2 tool. The strength of results depends on the quality of studies. Strengths and limitations of this studyThis study will focus on general ICU survivors and make sure our results are generalizable The information about HRQOL is updated, and the follow-up period was extended. We will focus on recently ten-year studies. We will be glad to see whether the HRQOL improved. This study will analyze the factors associated with HRQOL after patients moved out of ICU. This study will not perform a meta-analysis due to the heterogeneous population. Ethics and disseminationWe do not require ethical approval because our review will be based on published material. Trial registration numberPROSPERO CRD 42022304279