Fig. 1From: Health-related quality of life after critical care—the emperor’s new clothesFigure illustrating the problem with lack of knowledge of the patients’ habitual HRQoL before the ICU period, the “pre-ICU gap,” when assessing the HRQoL after the ICU stay, the “post ICU gap.” Compared to the general population many, ICU patients have lower HQoL prior to ICU, due to both constitutional patient factors and factors related to the current disease requiring intensive careBack to article page