Table 1.
—Patient and Caregiver Characteristics
| Characteristic | Patients | Caregivers |
| No. | 48 | 48 |
| Age, mean (SD), y | 52.5 (19.7) | 52.8 (12.8) |
| Male, n (%) | 32 (66.7) | 9 (18.8) |
| Race, n (%) | ||
| White | 43 (89.6) | 44 (91.7) |
| Black | 50 (10.4) | 40 (8.3) |
| Education ≥ 12th grade, No. (%) | 35 (72.9) | 42 (87.5) |
| Relationship, No. (%) | ||
| Spouse | … | 23 (47.9) |
| Other family | … | 18 (37.5) |
| Not family | … | 7 (14.6) |
| Charlson comorbidity score, median (IQR) | 2 (0, 3) | … |
| Pre-ICU ADL (range 0-6), median (IQR) | 0 (0, 1.5) | … |
| Pre-ICU IADL (range 0-8), median (IQR) | 2 (0, 4) | … |
| Disease category, No. (%) | … | |
| Medical | 33 (68.8) | … |
| Surgical | 3 (6.3) | … |
| Trauma | 10 (20.8) | … |
| Tracheostomy, No. (%) | 17 (35.4) | … |
| APACHE III, median (IQR) | 52 (38.5, 65) | … |
| MV duration, median (IQR), d | 10 (5, 16.5) | … |
| ICU LOS, median (IQR), d | 13 (7, 19.5) | … |
| Hospital LOS, median (IQR), d | 19 (13.5, 31) | … |
ADL = activities of daily living; APACHE = Acute Physiologic and Chronic Health Evaluation; IADL = Instrumental Activities of Daily Living; IQR = interquartile range; LOS = length of stay; MV = mechanical ventilation.