Table 1.

Participants’ Characteristics.

Participants	Gender	Age	Chronic illness	Time in intensive care (days)
P1	Male	59	None	7
P2	Male	67	Cerebrovascular Event	9
P3	Male	68	Hypertension, Chronic Heart Failure, Cerebrovascular Event	35
P4	Male	39	Generalized Anxiety Disorder	2
P5	Male	64	Hypertension, Chronic Heart Failure, Diabetes Mellitus	4
P6	Male	48	Diabetes Mellitus	13
P7	Male	55	Hypertension	20
P8	Male	77	Hypertension, Ischemic Heart Disease, Prostate Hyperplasia	14
P9	Male	48	Hypertension	8
P10	Female	60	Diabetes Mellitus	22
P11	Male	71	None	12
P12	Male	67	Hypertension, Diabetes Mellitus	4
P13	Male	49	Diabetic Polyneuropathy	39
P14	Female	62	Hypertension, Diabetes Mellitus, Ischemic Heart Disease, Chronic Kidney Failure	14
P15	Male	70	Hypertension, Chronic Kidney Failure	10
P16	Male	64	Hypertension	34
P17	Female	64	Peripheral Vascular Disease, Diabetes Mellitus	4
P18	Female	75	Cerebrovascular event	3