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Table 3 Differences in physical component scores between subgroups at all time points

From: Quality of life in the five years after intensive care: a cohort study

Physical component score

Parameter

Range

N (%)

Pre-morbid

3 months

6 months

1 year

2.5 years

5 years

Age

≤ 64 years

184 (61)

37.1

(17.0)

32.4

(13.9)

34.2

(14.6)

36.3

(15.6)

36.3

(16.1)

34.5

(16.8)

 

> 64 years

116 (39)

32.3

(14.1)

33.1

(12.6)

35.2

(13.8)

36.9

(12.9)

36.1

(13.9)

28.4

(15.5)

 

P value

 

0.01

 

0.69

 

0.66

 

0.80

 

0.94

 

0.09

 

APACHE II

≤ 18

158 (53)

37.6

(16.3)

33.3

(13.4)

34.6

(15.0)

36.8

(15.0)

37.2

(15.1)

33.7

(17.6)

 

> 18

142 (47)

32.6

(15.5)

31.8

(13.5)

34.5

(13.4)

36.0

(14.3)

34.7

(15.7)

31.1

(15.1)

 

P value

 

0.01

 

0.42

 

0.96

 

0.74

 

0.37

 

0.44

 

LOS

≤ 2 days

162 (54)

36.0

(15.6)

35.5

(12.8)

35.2

(14.7)

37.3

(14.4)

36.4

(15.8)

32.9

(16.2)

 

> 2 days

136 (46)

34.4

(16.7)

28.7

(13.4)

33.7

(13.8)

35.3

(15.1)

36.0

(14.8)

32.1

(17.2)

 

P value

 

0.38

 

< 0.001

 

0.46

 

0.42

 

0.91

 

0.82

 

Type of

admission

Surgical

106 (35)

33.2

(14.5)

34.4

(11.3)

35.2

(13.8)

34.9

(14.4)

33.6

(15.4)

27.9

(15.8)

 

Medical

118 (39)

32.6

(16.7)

30.2

(14.1)

32.3

(14.4)

35.1

(14.9)

35.8

(14.7)

29.5

(16.3)

 

P value

 

0.77

 

0.05

 

0.23

 

0.94

 

0.51

 

0.69

 

Long-term

survival

Survivor

197 (66)

36.9

(15.7)

33.6

(13.0)

34.8

(13.8)

37.1

(15.3)

35.9

(15.4)

32.6

(16.6)

 

Non-survivor

103 (34)

34.4

(16.3)

31.6

(13.9)

34.3

(15.1)

35.0

(13.2)

37.6

(15.2)

.

.

 

p-value

 

0.189

 

0.298

 

0.805

 

0.384

 

0.622

   
  1. Data presented as means and standard deviations. All subgroups are dichotomised around the median values for all intensive care unit (ICU) admissions. APACHE = acute physiology, age and chronic health evaluation; LOS = length of stay.