I SURVIVE: inter-rater reliability of three physical functional outcome measures in intensive care unit survivors

PurposeWe prospectively assessed inter-rater reliability of three physical function measures in Canadian intensive care unit (ICU) survivors in the inpatient setting.MethodsWe enrolled patients who had an ICU length of stay of ≥ three days, were mechanically ventilated for ≥ 24 hr, and were ambulating independently before hospital admission. Weekly from ICU discharge to hospital discharge, two trained frontline clinicians, blinded to each …