Quality of Recovery
Participants were given a 40-item quality of recovery survey (QoR-40) at
four time points during the study: (i) at 48 hours post-extubation, (ii)
at transfer from ICU to non-ICU, (iii) at hospital discharge, and (iv)
at a 2-week in-person clinic follow-up visit. We assessed various
dimensions of recovery via item-level symptom reports of pain (7
questions), physical comfort (8 questions), emotional state (6
questions), and psychological support (1 question).[10] Each
participant was asked “Have you had any of the following in the last 24
hours?” They were then asked to grade these symptoms on a 5-point
Likert scale: “None of the time”, “Some of the time”, “Usually”,
“Most of the time”, and “All of the time”. (Instrument
included in Supplementary Materials).