Exercise With Music for ICU Survivors

Exercise With Music Program for ICU Survivors

This project will test whether the individualized music-enhanced exercise playlist (Exercise with Music intervention) can prevent further physical and psychological deterioration and motivate ICU survivors to more actively participate in their rehabilitation.

Inclusion Criteria:

• age ≥ 18 years old
• length of ICU stay >5 days (excludes patients with less comorbidity)
• within 72 hours of ICU discharge (standardizes time to begin intervention)
• ability to independently move upper and lower extremities (required to participate in intervention)
• ability to speak English or Spanish

Exclusion Criteria:

• documented mental incompetence
• dependent status pre-ICU admission (KATZ, activity daily living scale)
• evidence of delirium using the Confusion Assessment Method (CAM)
• hearing impairment
• documented "comfort measures only" in the electronic medical record
• prior residence in a long-term care facility
• unstable hemodynamics