Table 4.
Frequency of increased levels of subjective cognitive, physical, and mental health symptoms.
| All N = 74 | Mild n = 24 (32%) | Moderate n = 33 (45%) | Severe n = 17 (23%) | Group effect 1 P‐value | Comparison 1 versus 2 1 P‐value | Comparison 1 versus 3 1 P‐value | Comparison 2 versus 3 1 P‐value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self‐perceived cognitive symptoms | ||||||||
| Subjective distractibility (FEDA‐1) | 15 (20%) 2 | 6 (26%) 2 | 4 (12%) | 5 (29%) | 0.015 | 0.019 | 0.874 | 0.008 |
| Subjective tiredness (FEDA‐2) | 12 (16%) 2 | 2 (9%) 2 | 5 (15%) | 5 (29%) | 0.002 | 0.276 | <0.001 | 0.026 |
| Subjective drive reduction (FEDA‐3) | 7 (10%) 2 | 3 (13%) 2 | 3 (9%) | 1 (6%) | 0.343 | – | – | – |
| Self‐perceived mental health symptoms | ||||||||
| Anxiety (HADS) | 22 (30%) | 6 (25%) | 9 (27%) | 7 (41%) | 0.045 | 0.872 | 0.024 | 0.052 |
| Depression (HADS) | 11 (15%) | 4 (18%) | 2 (6%) | 5 (29%) | <0.001 | 0.027 | 0.064 | <0.001 |
| Self‐perceived physical symptoms | ||||||||
| Fatigue (FAS) | 37 (51%) 2 | 10 (42%) | 16 (47%) 2 | 11 (65%) | 0.005 | 0.569 | 0.002 | 0.015 |
Increased levels of subjective cognitive, physical, and mental health symptoms are defined as scores in validated scales deviating from published cutoff scores. Mild, outpatients; Moderate, hospitalized patients, who were not admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU); Severe, ICU‐admitted patients; ICU, intensive care unit; HADS, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale – German version; FEDA, Fragebogen Erlebter Defizite der Aufmerksamkeit; FAS, Fatigue Assessment Scale; (−), not applicable.
1
Frequency distributions were compared by means of the chi‐square test (Yates' correction).
2
One missing value.