Critical Care

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Prevalence of sleep disturbances and long-term reduced health-related quality of life after critical care: a prospective multicenter cohort study

Lotti Orwelius1,2*, Anders Nordlund4, Peter Nordlund5, Ulla Edéll-Gustafsson2 and Folke Sjöberg3,1

Author Affiliations

1 Department of Intensive Care, Division of Perioperative Medicine, Linköping University/Linköping University Hospital, Garnisonsvägen, 581 85, Linköping, Sweden

2 Department of Medicine and Care, Nursing Science, Linköping University/Linköping University Hospital, Garnisonsvägen, 581 85 Linköping, Sweden

3 Department of Hand and Plastic Surgery, Division of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University/Linköping University Hospital, Garnisonsvägen, 581 85

4 TFS Trial Form Support AB, 222 28 Lund, Sweden

5 Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Intensiv Care Unit, Ryhov Hospital, 551 85 Jönköping, Sweden

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Critical Care 2008, 12:R97 doi:10.1186/cc6973

Published: 1 August 2008

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Additional file 1:

An Excel file presenting the sleep instruments used in the present study.

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