Table 2.
Baseline Patient Characteristics
| Usual Care | BCST | AAC-SLP | Total | p-value | |||||||
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| CTICU (n=15) | MICU (n=15) | CTICU (n=14) | MICU (n=15) | CTICU (n=15) | MICU (n=15) | CTICU (n=44) | MICU (n=45) | Group | Unit | Group by Unit | |
| Total (n=30) | Total (n=29) | Total (n=30) | Total (N=89) | ||||||||
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| Age (years) | 54.1±15.6 | 58.5±16.1 | 58.4±16.9 | 57.8±14.7 | 58.4±10.1 | 53.7±20.8 | 57.0±14.2 | 56.7±17.1 | .87 | .93 | .55 |
| 56.3±15.7 | 58.1±15.5 | 56.1±16.2 | 56.8±15.7 | ||||||||
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| Female* | 5 (33) | 11 (73) | 8 (57) | 8 (53) | 6 (40) | 7 (47) | 19 (43) | 26 (58) | .64 | .25 | .23 |
| 16 (53) | 16 (55) | 13 (43) | 45 (51) | ||||||||
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| White* | 12 (80) | 11 (73) | 13 (93) | 13 (87) | 15 (100) | 15 (100) | 40 (91) | 39 (87) | .03 | NA | 1.00 |
| 23 (77) | 26 (90) | 30 (100) | 79 (89) | ||||||||
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| Education (years) | 13.1±2.2 | 12.9±1.9 | 13.6.±2.8 | 12.4±2.1 | 14.1±3.7 | 12.8±2.7 | 13.6±2.9 | 12.7±2.2 | .74 | .11 | .61 |
| 13.0±2.0 | 13.0±2.5 | 13.5±3.2 | 13.2±2.6 | ||||||||
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| Clinical Characteristic | |||||||||||
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| APACHE III score | 48.6±9.9 | 50.3±16.2 | 55.9.±11.7 | 56.3±25.6 | 59.0±13.3 | 50.5±17.7 | 54.5±12.3 | 52.4±20.0 | .27 | .56 | .44 |
| 49.5±13.2 | 56.1±19.8 | 54.8±16.0 | 53.4±16.6 | ||||||||
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| Days intubated prior to enrollment | 62.8±63.5 | 24.8±13.5 | 64.3±49.7 | 66.1±78.3 | 80.4±46.7 | 97.1±119.9 | 69.3±53.2 | 62.7±86.5 | .02 | .73 | .72 |
| 12.6±11.7 | 27.9±24.0 | 28.7±31.0 | 23.0±24.5 | ||||||||
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| Prior history of intubation* | 6 (40) | 4 (26.7) | 2 (14.3) | 7 (46.7) | 8 (53.3) | 8 (53.3) | 16 (36.4) | 19 (42.2) | .13 | .57 | .18 |
| 10 (33) | 9 (31) | 16 (53) | 35 (39) | ||||||||
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| CAM-ICU*-Delirium Present | 2 (13) | 5 (33) | 3 (21) | 6 (40) | 3 (20) | 2 (13) | 8 (18) | 13 (29) | .68 | .48 | .53 |
| 7 (23) | 9 (45) | 5 (23) | 21 (32) | ||||||||
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| RASS*-Sedated/Agitated | 12 (80) | 11 (73) | 12 (86) | 7 (47) | 13 (87) | 11 (73) | 37 (84) | 14 (64) | .80 | .12 | .55 |
| 7 (23) | 19 (66) | 24 (80) | 66 (74) | ||||||||
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| Pulmonary Disease/Infection | 10 (67) | 13 (87) | 2 (14) | 11 (73) | 7 (47) | 11 (73) | 19 (43) | 35 (78) | .03 | .00 | .44 |
| 23 (76) | 13 (45) | 18 (60) | 54 (60) | ||||||||
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| Cardio, Thoracic, or Vascular Surgery | 4 (27) | 0 (0) | 13 (93) | 2 (13) | 10 (67) | 3 (20) | 27 (61) | 5 (11) | .00 | .00 | .37 |
| 4 (13) | 15 (52) | 13 (43) | 32 (36) | ||||||||
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| Postoperative Complications | 6 (40) | 1 (7) | 13 (93) | 2 (13) | 4 (27) | 4 (27) | 23 (52) | 7 (16) | .04 | .00 | .00 |
| 7 (23) | 15 (52) | 8(27) | 30 (34) | ||||||||
Note: Mean and Standard Deviation reported for continuous data (Mean + SD) and count and percentages (n, (%)) reported for categorical data. Abbreviations: BCST- Basic Communication Skills Training, AAC-SLP- Basic Communication Skills Training and electronic augmentative and alternative communication device education with an individualized speech language pathologist consultation, APACHE- Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation, CAM-ICU- Confusion Assessment Method for the ICU, RASS- Richmond Agitation and Sedation Scale
p-value from an F-test from two-way Analysis of Variance
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p-value using exact estimation in binary logistic regression