Boehm, Leanne M. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0127-6677
You, HyunBin https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6526-7377
Siao, Shu-Fen https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9477-2575
D. LaNoue, Marianna https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7823-9693
Jones, Abigail C.
Piras, Susan E.
Garrett, Amy
Dodson, Austin B.
Stollings, Joanna L. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6792-1646
Jackson, James C.
Sevin, Carla M. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2971-179X
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (K12HL137943)
National Institute on Aging (R01AG077644)
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
Vanderbilt University (Discovery Grant)
Article History
Received: 10 April 2026
Accepted: 20 June 2026
First Online: 27 June 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: This study was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of Vanderbilt University Medical Center (Approval No. 190790) and Cookeville Regional Medical Center (Approval No. 2321). Written informed consent to participate was obtained from all participants (or from a legal guardian where applicable).
Consent for publication: All authors have reviewed the manuscript and consent to its publication.
Competing interests: LMB is on the board of directors for the American Delirium Society. CMS leads the Post ICU Clinic Collaborative for the Critical + Acute Illness Recovery Organization (CAIRO) and chairs a Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) guideline committee on PICS and PICS-F.
Financial disclosures: LMB is funded by NIA and Vanderbilt University.
Role of the sponsors: The funders had no role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript; and decision to submit the manuscript for publication.
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