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. 2023 Apr 24;18(4):e0284923. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0284923

Table 1. Demographics of included patients.

Demographics Total n = 2,567
Geographical region (%) Europe: 914 (35.61%)
USA: 645 (25.13%)
Asia: 542 (21.11%)
Australia: 380 (14.80%)
South America: 56 (2.18%)
Turkey: 30 (1.17%)
Setting (%) ICU: 1,045 (40.71%)
MICU: 833 (32.45%)
SICU: 609 (23.72%)
RICU: 80 (3.12%)
Participants’ type (%) Critical illness: 1,955 (76.16%)
Post-cardiac surgery: 370 (14.41%)
Pulmonary: 196 (7.64%)
Bed-ridden elderly: 28 (1.09%)
ICUAW: 18 (0.7%)
Intervention type (%) CPT: 767 (29.89%)
EPT: 0 (0%)
NMES: 74 (2.88%)
PM: 350 (13.63%)
Multi-component: 1,376 (53.60%)

CPT: Conventional physical therapy; EPT: Exercise-based physical therapy; ICU: Intensive Care Unit; ICUAW: Intensive Care Unit-Acquired Weakness; MICU: Medical Intensive Care Unit; NMES: Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation; PM: Progressive mobility; RICU: Respiratory Intensive Care Unit; SICU: Surgery Intensive Care Unit