Delirium and Self-Reported Driving Behaviors and Outcomes After Critical Illness

Is intensive care unit–acquired delirium associated with long-term changes in driving frequency or driving skill?In this cohort study of 151 survivors of critical illness, the recall of driving frequency, trip distances, and subjective ratings of driving skill were significantly lower after critical illness compared with before hospitalization. Delirium duration during critical illness was not associated with these changes.Although survivors of critical illness recall changes in driving frequency, trip distances, and driving skill ratings during long-term recovery from critical illness, intensive care unit–acquired delirium is not an independent risk factor for these changes.

Corresponding Author: Leanne M. Boehm, PhD, Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center, Vanderbilt University, 461 21st Ave S, 419 Godchaux Hall, Nashville, TN 37240 (leanne.boehm@vanderbilt.edu).

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