... scoreNumber of patients BioMed Central Page 1 of 9(page number not for citation purposes) Health and Quality of Life Outcomes Open Access Research Changes in health- related quality of life from ... carried out the data collection and analysis, and draft-ed the manuscript. HF participated in the design and co-ordination of the study, and has read, approved and contributed to the final manuscript.AcknowledgementsWe ... severity of illness, age and pre-morbid health status[6,7]. Quality of life studies are often difficult to compare,since different intensive care populations have been stud-ied and a variety of quality...