Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has been successfully and widely used in adult patients for the past 5 years. About 50% of these patients can survive and are discharged from hospitals. Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is crucial for evaluating survived ECMO patients. This scoping review aims to identify instruments commonly used to measure HRQOL of ECMO survivors and give pertinent instrument characteristics.
Methods
A systematic search was conducted in PubMed, Web of Science, EMBASE (OVID), MEDLINE (OVID), CINAHL (EBSCO), Cochrane Library, and three Chinese databases from January 2012 to December 2021. Two reviewers independently reviewed publication selection and data extraction.
Results
Twenty-nine studies met the inclusion criteria. Most studies (93%) were cross-sectional, and the median (or average) follow-up time ranged from 3 months to 9 years. Two prospective studies (7%) followed patients longitudinally until 1 year after discharge. ECMO survivors had poorer long-term HRQOL than the general population. However, it is comparable to or better than patients with other critical or chronic illnesses. Identified HRQOL assessment instruments show four generic HRQOL instruments, one disease-specific HRQOL instrument, and nineteen single-dimensional instruments. Seven instruments were used in more than three articles. SF-36 (86.2%), IES/IES-R (41.4%), and HADS (37.9%) were the most frequently used instruments.
Conclusion
The timing, frequency, and tools for HRQOL assessment of ECMO survivors are variable. No ECMO-specific HRQOL instrument was developed and validated. Further studies on assessment instruments are warranted. Research is also needed to identify interventions that may enhance HRQOL in ECMO survivors.
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