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. 2008 Feb 22;12(1):R21. doi: 10.1186/cc6795

Table 1.

Participants and their length of stay in the ICU and the general ward: 34 participants who transferred to high dependency unit/general ward

Interview number Age at interview (years) Sex Length of ICU/HDU staya Length of ward staya
IC01 41 Female ICU: 11 days 2 weeks
IC02 60 Male ICU: about 1 month 4 days
IC03 66 Male ICU: 5 weeks 5 weeks
IC04 46 Female ICU: about 5 weeks/HDU: 1 week Discharged after 1 week in HDU
IC05 40 Female ICU: 22 days/HDU: 10 days Just over a week
IC06 35 Female ICU: 3 weeks/HDU: 36 hours 5 weeks
IC07 60 Male ICU: 7 months Ward: 1 month/home: awaiting rehabiliatation
IC08 50 Male ICU: 10 days Readmitted in 2006 and died
IC09 60 Male ICU: 3 days 10 days
IC10 76 Female ICU: about a week 1 week
IC12 23 Female ICU: 21 days/HDU: 2 weeks 2 weeks
IC14 35 Female ICU: 2 days 2 days, discharged herself
IC15 38 Female ICU: 1 month, admitted three times in 2004 Several months on and off
IC16 67 Male ICU: 8 weeks 3 weeks
IC17 30 Male ICU: 12 days 2 weeks
IC18 62 Male ICU: 18 days 5 weeks
IC21 72 Male ICU: about 4 weeks 1 week
IC22 71 Male ICU: 17 days A few days
IC23 54 Male ICU: 17 days 2 weeks
IC24 44 Female ICU: 5 weeks 2 weeks
IC25 45 Male ICU: 4 weeks 2 weeks
IC26 47 Male ICU: 30 days 8 days
IC27 68 Male ICU: 2 weeks/HDU: 2 weeks Ward: 6 weeks/rehabilitation: 2 weeks
IC28 46 Male ICU: 7 weeks 4 weeks
IC29 47 Female ICU: 2 weeks/HDU: 1 day 1 week
IC30 55 Female ICU: 6 days/HDU: 5 days Discharged after HDU
IC31 71 Male ICU: 2 weeks 3 weeks
IC32 57 Female ICU: 29 days Ward: 6 weeks/rehabilitation: 6 weeks
IC34 37 Male ICU: 30 days total, admitted twice Several months
IC35 33 Male ICU: 17 days Ward: 1 week/rehabilitation: 3 months
IC36 67 Female ICU: unsure how long Ward: unsure how long
IC37 58 Male ICU: 9 days 16 days
IC38 55 Female ICU: 1 week 2 weeks
IC39 56 Male ICU: 4 days 3 days

aRespondents did not always know whether/when they had moved from intensive care unit (ICU) care to step-down or high-dependency unit (HDU) care. Some did not know or could not remember how long they had spent on a ward.