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Conditions
Brief summary
In hospitals, mechanical ventilation is crucial for critical conditions, commonly initiated in intensive care units through intubation. Unfortunately, about half of patients undergoing this process may suffer acute laryngeal injury, with limited information on its impact on post-ventilator speech. Our study focuses on how ventilator use for over 48 hours affects the voice in adult ICU patients. Utilising the vocal handicap index (VHI-10) and voice-related quality of life (V-RQOL), we measure the impact on voice and overall well-being at 8 weeks following ventilation. The VHI-10, a 10-question questionnaire, assesses the impact of voice problems, with scores above 11 indicating a significant impact. The V-RQOL questionnaire gauges the burden of these issues. Our findings are crucial for identifying predictive factors, enabling early intervention strategies like check-ups, speech therapies, and psychological support for those with voice issues, significantly improving their well-being.
Interventions
Our study focuses on how mechanical ventilation with endotracheal intubation for over 48 hours affects the voice in adult ICU patients. Utilizing the vocal handicap index (VHI-10) and voice-related quality of life (V-RQOL), we measure the impact on voice and overall well-being. The VHI-10, a 10-question questionnaire, assesses the impact of voice problems, with scores above 11 indicating a significant impact. The V-RQOL questionnaire gauges the burden of these issues. Both these Questionnaires w
Our study focuses on how mechanical ventilation with endotracheal intubation for over 48 hours affects the voice in adult ICU patients. Utilizing the vocal handicap index (VHI-10) and voice-related quality of life (V-RQOL), we measure the impact on voice and overall well-being. The VHI-10, a 10-question questionnaire, assesses the impact of voice problems, with scores above 11 indicating a significant impact. The V-RQOL questionnaire gauges the burden of these issues. Both these Questionnaires will be given to patients at 8 weeks after liberation from mechanical ventilation. Each questionnaire contains 10 items and it takes approximately 3-4 minutes to complete each questionnaire and 8 minutes in total to complete these self assessment forms.
Sponsors
Kiran Kumar Gudivada, Sr registrar/Fellow, Intensive Care Medicine, The Canberra Hospital
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
ICU patients aged 18 years or over, who have been invasively mechanically ventilated for 48 hours or more are planned to transfer from ICU to a ward environment.
Exclusion criteria
• Those who have refused to give consent • Extubated as a part of comfort care/end of life care/discharge against medical advice or to other hospital • Those who are incapable of interpreting and understanding the questionnaire. • Those who are unlikely to survive for next 3 months • Radiotherapy treatment of head and neck region in past 6 months • Pre-existing laryngeal pathologies • Those who had a tracheostomy
Outcome results
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