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. 2011 Mar 18;15(2):R98. doi: 10.1186/cc10110

Table 4.

Health related quality of life scores in patients with and without POD at day 28

At 3 months Patients without POD (n = 202) Patients with POD (n = 71) P-value
PHYSICAL FUNCTIONING 50.0 ± 34.1 37.2 ± 31.5 0.006
ROLE-PHYSICAL 43.6 ± 33.0 31.1 ± 27.8 0.005
PAIN INDEX 63.9 ± 30.3 59.0 ± 31.4 0.24
GENERAL HEALTH PERCEPTIONS 53.7 ± 25.3 53.0 ± 21.8 0.84
VITALITY 47.8 ± 25.4 48.2 ± 22.8 0.92
SOCIAL FUNCTIONING 64.9 ± 32.6 62.9 ± 33.0 0.66
ROLE-EMOTIONAL 67.8 ± 31.5 69.3 ± 36.8 0.75
MENTAL HEALTH INDEX 68.9 ± 22.8 72.6 ± 19.8 0.23
STANDARDIZED PHYSICAL COMPONENT SCALE 38.2 ± 12.1 32.7 ± 10.7 <.001
STANDARDIZED MENTAL COMPONENT SCALE 46.4 ± 13.3 49.6 ± 14.1 0.09

At 6 months Patients without POD (n = 196) Patients with POD (n = 70) P-value

PHYSICAL FUNCTIONING 56.5 ± 34.7 48.1 ± 34.8 0.08
ROLE-PHYSICAL 52.8 ± 34.3 47.4 ± 31.8 0.26
PAIN INDEX 66.3 ± 30.3 65.2 ± 29.4 0.78
GENERAL HEALTH PERCEPTIONS 56.4 ± 26.5 53.3 ± 22.8 0.40
VITALITY 52.5 ± 25.5 53.0 ± 23.8 0.89
SOCIAL FUNCTIONING 71.2 ± 30.3 66.8 ± 33.4 0.31
ROLE-EMOTIONAL 74.1 ± 30.8 70.3 ± 35.0 0.39
MENTAL HEALTH INDEX 71.7 ± 22.4 74.0 ± 21.1 0.45
STANDARDIZED PHYSICAL COMPONENT SCALE 40.4 ± 13.0 38.1 ± 11.4 0.21
STANDARDIZED MENTAL COMPONENT SCALE 48.5 ± 13.3 49.4 ± 13.5 0.63

POD, Persistent Organ Dysfunction Score.

Values reported as mean ± standard deviation.