— But the remote intervention showed signals of benefit over the longer term and in subgroups
May 20, 2026
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A from-home rehabilitation program for intensive care unit (ICU) survivors who had been on mechanical ventilation did not improve health-related quality of life after discharge overall, but secondary outcomes suggested benefit after longer follow-up and with shorter ventilation times, a randomized trial showed.
Mean EuroQoL 5-dimension 5-level questionnaire (EQ-5D-5L) utility scores were similar at 8 weeks between the intervention and standard care (0.69 vs 0.67 on a scale that ranges from -0.285 at worst to 1 at best, P=0.05), a neutral finding for the primary endpoint, reported Brenda O'Neill, PhD, of Ulster University in Derry, Northern Ireland, at the American Thoracic Society annual meeting in Orlando.
