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. 2025 Feb 13;53(4):e783–e793. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000006587

TABLE 2.

Associations Between Social Determinants of Health and Health Problems 1 Year After ICU Admission (n = 3246)

Social Determinants, N (%) Physical Problems Psychological Problems Cognitive Problems
Origin aOR (95% CI) p aOR (95% CI) p aOR (95% CI) p
Country of origin: The Netherlands Reference Reference Reference
Child of migrant(s) 0.89 (0.59–1.32) 0.56 0.80 (0.50–1.25) 0.33 0.74 (0.35–1.43) 0.40
Migrant 1.46 (0.93–2.28) 0.10 2.03 (1.25–3.24) < 0.01 1.18 (0.54–2.32) 0.66
Education level
 High Reference Reference Reference
 Middle 1.26 (1.00–1.57) 0.05 1.10 (0.84–1.43) 0.49 1.28 (0.86–1.93) 0.22
 Low 1.66 (1.28–2.16) < 0.001 1.77 (1.32–2.38) < 0.001 1.43 (0.91–2.26) 0.12
Employment status
 Employeda Reference Reference Reference
 Unemployed (or social benefit) 1.98 (1.31–3.01) 0.001 1.18 (0.74–1.84) 0.48 1.40 (0.74–2.51) 0.28
 Non-paid jobb 0.63 (0.27–1.42) 0.28 0.26 (0.08–0.73) 0.02 0.11 (0.01–0.59) 0.04
 Retired 1.13 (0.88–1.45) 0.35 1.20 (0.90–1.61) 0.21 0.80 (0.51–1.25) 0.32
Net income (euro)
 > 2700 Reference Reference Reference
 1700–2700 1.10 (0.85–1.42) 0.49 1.43 (1.05–1.95) 0.02 1.79 (1.10–3.00) 0.02
 < 1700 1.10 (0.83–1.47) 0.51 1.54 (1.10–2.16) 0.01 1.38 (0.80–2.43) 0.25
Household structure
 Alone Reference Reference Reference
 With partner without children 0.98 (0.77–1.25) 0.86 0.82 (0.63–1.08) 0.16 0.82 (0.55–1.24) 0.33
 With partner and children 1.03 (0.74–1.43) 0.87 0.86 (0.59–1.25) 0.44 1.17 (0.70–1.97) 0.55
 Together with someone elsec 1.28 (0.77–2.14) 0.34 1.29 (0.73–2.25) 0.37 1.74 (0.83–3.53) 0.13
 Nursing home 0.80 (0.28–2.35) 0.68 0.57 (0.18–1.70) 0.33 1.72 (0.35–6.34) 0.45

aOR = adjusted odds ratio.

a

Paid work, own company, or living on one’s investments.

b

Such as homemaker.

c

Living together with someone else than partner, such as brother, parents or child.

Boldface font indicates statistically significant difference (p < 0.05). Adjusted for: age, gender, admission type, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation IV score, and baseline score of the health variable (not applicable for new physical complaints and posttraumatic stress disorder).

The extended version is shown in Supplemental 6 (http://links.lww.com/CCM/H674).