Victor D Dinglas

The COVID-19 Pandemic and Patient Expectations About Recovery From Acute Respiratory Failure Introduction Expectations about recovery affect quality of life after intensive care among survivors of acute respiratory failure (ARF).1,2 We hypothesized that increased exposure to information about ARF outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic would be associated with lowered expectations about recovery among survivors of non–COVID-19 ARF treated during that time.

Keywords patient outcome assessment, exercise tests, muscle strength, functional status, anthropometry Abstract Objective: To inform selection of physical measures for studies of ARDS survivors within 12 months of ARDS Methods: Secondary analysis of data from 6-month survivors participating in a U.S. multicenter prospective study (ARDSNet Long-Term Outcome Study [ALTOS], N=134) or a multi-site prospective study in Baltimore, MD (Improving Care of Acute Lung Injury Patients [ICAP], N=99).

Abstract Background Effective strategies for contacting and recruiting study participants are critical in conducting clinical research. In this study, we conducted two sequential randomized controlled trials of mail- and telephone-based strategies for contacting and recruiting participants, and evaluated participant-related variables’ association with time to survey completion and survey completion rates.