Table 3.

Physical function and symptom burden after ICU discharge, and hospital outcomes (Analysis 2).

Factor	Overall (n = 32)	Short IMV (n = 19; 59%)	Prolonged IMV (n = 13; 41%)	P value
Post-ICU LOS (days)	6 [50–14]	5 [3–7]	7 [7–36]	0.002
Readmitted to ICU (%)	3 (9.4)	0 (0.0)	3 (23.1)	0.058
ICU mobility scale
At ICU discharge	3 [1–4]	3 [1–4]	3 [3–3]	0.966
At hospital discharge	8 [6–10]*	9 [6–10]*	6 [4–9]*	0.070
MRC sum score (points)
At ICU discharge	58 [46–60]	60 [57–60]	46 [29–56]	0.006
At hospital discharge	60 [56–60]*	60 [60–60]	56 [53–60]*	0.004
Handgrip strength (kg)
At ICU discharge	14.7 [8.5–23.1]	17.5 [10.2–24.7]	11.3 [5.9–15.2]	0.060
At hospital discharge	16.2 [11.5–23.5]*	18.7 [13.3–27.6]	15.8 [8.4–19.7]*	0.125
Grip and release (/10 s)
At ICU discharge	14 [10–21]	14 [10–24]	16 [9–21]	0.690
At hospital discharge	22 [16–28]*	22 [15–28]*	22 [18–23]	1.000
Foot tapping (/10 s)
At ICU discharge	14 [10–18]	14 [11–16]	14 [7–23]	1.000
At hospital discharge	20 [15–25]*	19 [14–24]*	20 [16–27]	0.589
ESAS sum score (points)
At ICU discharge	20 [9–35]	20 [4–34]	30 [16–38]	0.109
At hospital discharge	13 [3–21]*	4 [1–18]*	17 [13–25]	0.024
Discharged home (%)	21 (34.4)	11 (42.1)	10 (23.1)	0.450
Barthel Index at hospital discharge	55 [10–85]	75 [15–90]	50 [10–60]	0.453

ESAS edmonton symptom assessment system, ICU intensive care unit, LOS length of stay, MRC medical research council, IMV invasive mechanical ventilation.

Values are expressed as n (%) or median [interquartile range].

*Within-group comparison, P < 0.05.