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Table 1 Abridged details of taxonomy developed for use in core outcome set development

From: Physical Rehabilitation Core Outcomes In Critical illness (PRACTICE): protocol for development of a core outcome set

Core area

Domain

Death

Mortality/survival

Physiological or clinical

aE.g. cardiac outcomes; nervous system outcomes; respiratory, thoracic and mediastinal outcomes

Life impact

Functioningb; global quality of life; perceived health status; delivery of carec; personal circumstances

Resource use

Economic; hospital; need for further intervention; societal/carer burden

Adverse events

Adverse events/effect

  1. Abridged from Dodd et al. [37]. This taxonomy encompasses 38 domains within 5 core areas. a23 specific domains relating to the underlying cause of affected body system are reported for this core area; bFunctioning is expanded to encompass physical, social, role, emotional and cognitive; cDelivery of care includes; for example, acceptability and availability, withdrawal from treatment; process, implementation and service outcomes