Improving Recovery After Critical Illness (IMPROVE)
Post Intensive Care Unit Syndrome, Critical Illness, Malnutrition
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Post Intensive Care Unit Syndrome
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion criteria Long stay post-ICU patients (length of stay ≥48h) between 6 weeks and 6 months after hospital discharge AND >18 years old AND able to visit the hospital 2 times a week AND a RAND-36 physical functioning subscale score < 67%
Exclusion criteria
- Allergy to components of ProSource® (Allergy information: gluten-free, lactose-free, NOT cow's milk free (wey-protein), produced in a factory in which soy, wheat and nuts are processed.
- Inability to understand the Dutch language
- Actively participating in a professional physical rehabilitation program during the study period.
Note: previous participation in a concluded rehabilitation program is NOT an exclusion criterion.
Sites / Locations
- Medical Centre LeeuwardenRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
No Intervention
Intervention group
Standard care
Patients that are allocated to the intervention group will participate in a 12 week lifestyle intervention program consisting of group exercise therapy and dietary advice combined with dietary supplementation. The group exercise therapy will be guided by trained physical therapists. Patients will participate in this part of the intervention twice a week for one hour. The exercise therapy will combine cardiorespiratory with strength training. At the start of the intervention, patients will have an appointment with a nutritional scientist or doctor in which they will receive dietary advise and dietary supplements (ProSource®) to reach the advised caloric and protein intake as composed by the Dutch Centre for Nutrition (Voedingscentrum). Dietary supplements like ProSource® are extensively tested and often used as part of general practice to patients after ICU- or hospital-discharge following critical illness.
Standard care outpatient post-ICU clinic