. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Mar 10.

Published in final edited form as: Am J Crit Care. 2011 Jan;20(1):12–23. doi: 10.4037/ajcc2011243

Table 3.

Patients’ home-going status, weaning status, and functional status at 1 month and at 6 months after discharge from the intensive care unit (ICU; N = 69)

Variable	No. (%)
Disposition
Returned home at 1 month	20 (29)
Returned home at 6 months	36 (52)
Never returned home	13 (19)

Weaning status
Weaned from mechanical ventilation at 1 month	51 (74)
Weaned from mechanical ventilation at 6 months	9 (13)
Weaned at 1 month but returned to mechanical ventilation at 6 months	1 (2)
Never weaned from mechanical ventilation	2 (3)
Missing (1 month or 6 months)	6 (9)

Functional status^a
Recovered to same level as before ICU admission at 1 month	7 (10)
Recovered to same level as before ICU admission at 6 months	18 (26)
Never recovered to same level as before ICU admission	44 (64)

Functional status was measured by completing the Health Assessment Questionnaire.