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. 2024 Jan 31;12:1333634. doi: 10.3389/fped.2024.1333634

Table 2.

Quality of life score 2 months after discharge from PICU.

All patients IMV NIV p-value
Overall N = 113 N = 82 N = 31
Mean physical score, % 78.1 77.6 79.7 0.79
Physical score <1 SD, n (%) 39 (34.5) 30 (36.6) 9 (29.0) 0.45
Mean psychosocial score, % 80.1 80.0 80.3 0.72
Psychosocial score <1 SD, n (%) 26 (23.0) 19 (23.2) 7 (22.6) 0.95
Completed by patient (8–18 years old) n = 9 n = 7 n = 2
Mean physical score, % 85.6 82.4 96.9 0.67
Physical score <1 SD, n (%) 1 (11.1) 1 (14.3) 0 (0)
Mean psychosocial score, % 84.7 82.7 91.7 0.89
Psychosocial score <1 SD, n (%) 2 (22.2) 2 (28.6) 0 (0)
Completed by proxy (2–18 years old) n = 30 n = 25 n = 5
Mean physical score, % 80.0 77.1 88.3 0.48
Physical Score <1 SD, n (%) 7 (23.3) 7 (26.9) 0 (0)
Mean Psychosocial score, % 78.5 77.2 85.2 0.45
Psychosocial score <1 SD, n (%) 7 (23.3) 7 (26.9) 0 (0)
Infant (1–12 months) n = 54 n = 38 n = 16
Mean physical score, % 78.5 78.6 78.2 0.80
Physical score <1 SD, n (%) 22 (40.7) 16 (42.1) 6 (37.5)
Mean psychosocial score, % 82.9 83.0 82.7 0.90
Psychosocial score <1 SD, n (%) 8 (14.8) 5 (13.2) 3 (18.8)
Infant (13–24 months) n = 19 n = 11 n = 8
Mean physical score, % 75.8 77.7 73.1 1.00
Physical score <1 SD, n (%) 7 (36.8) 6 (54.5) 1 (12.5)
Mean psychosocial score, % 72.4 74.3 69.8 0.78
Psychosocial score <1 SD, n (%) 9 (47.4) 5 (45.5) 4 (50.0)

SD, standard deviation; IMV, invasive mechanical ventilation; NIV, non-invasive mechanical ventilation.