Patients who are critically ill with COVID-19 requiring life support in an intensive care unit (ICU) have increased risk of morbidity and mortality. Currently the ICU community does not know what effect the disease, the ICU admission, physiotherapy interventions and life support have on their long-term quality of life and whether they can return to their pre-illness level of function following ICU. COVID-Recovery will describe the physiotherapy interventions delivered to critically ill patients with COVID-19. In survivors, COVID-Recovery will utilise telephone follow-up of ICU survivors to assess disability-free survival and quality of life at 6 months after ICU admission. Additionally, COVID-Recovery will identify if there are predictors of disability-free survival. COVID-Recovery will aim to select up to 300 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 from ICUs in Australia. If they survive to hospital discharge, patients will be invited to receive a telephone questionnaire at 6 months after the ICU admission that aims to assess their long-term outcomes, including physical, cognitive and emotional function, quality of life, and whether they have been able to return to work following ICU discharge. To describe the experience of critical illness in survivors of COVID-19 and their family members. To explore and describe functional recovery, respiratory system function and respiratory health morbidity up to 6 months after ICU admission in persistently critically ill adults with COVID-19
Inclusion Criteria:
1. COVID-19 patients who have been admitted to ICU for > 24 hours
2. Patients aged over 17 years
Persistent critical illness cohort
1. As above
2. An ICU admission of at least 10 consecutive days
Exclusion Criteria:
- Previous enrolment in this study in a prior ICU admission
Canberra Hospital
Garran, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia
Concord Hospital
Concord, New South Wales, Australia
St Vincent's Hospital Sydney
Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia
Nepean Hospital
Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia
St George Hospital
Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia
John Hunter Hospital
New Lambton Heights, New South Wales, Australia
Royal North Shore Hospital
Saint Leonards, New South Wales, Australia
Westmead Hospital
Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
The Prince Charles Hospital
Chermside, Queensland, Australia
Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
Herston, Queensland, Australia
Redcliffe Hospital
Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia
Gold Coast Hospital
Southport, Queensland, Australia
Princess Alexandra Hospital
Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia
Royal Adelaide Hospital
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Launceston Hospital
Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Casey Hospital
Berwick, Victoria, Australia
Box Hill Hospital (Eastern Health)
Box Hill, Victoria, Australia
Monash Medical Centre
Clayton, Victoria, Australia
Dandenong Hospital
Dandenong, Victoria, Australia
St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne
Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
Footscray Hospital
Footscray, Victoria, Australia
Frankston Hospital
Frankston, Victoria, Australia
Austin Hospital
Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
Cabrini Health
Malvern, Victoria, Australia
Australian New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Royal Melbourne Hospital
Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Alfred Hospital
Prahran, Victoria, Australia
Sunshine Hospital
St Albans, Victoria, Australia
Carol Hodgson, PhD, Principal Investigator
Monash University