Table 1.

Characteristics of the study participants (N = 385)

Characteristics	Value
Age, median (IQR), yr	71 (58–80)
Male	212 (55)
Race/ethnicity
White, not Hispanic	195 (50.7)
Black, not Hispanic	98 (25.5)
Hispanic	80 (20.8)
Cognitively impaired at hospital admission*	63 (16.4)
Residence before hospital admission†
Private home	274 (71.4)
Nursing home or rehabilitation facility	61 (15.9)
Other	49 (12.8)
FIM Motor Score at hospital admission, median (IQR)‡	85 (25–91)
Independent in Activities of Daily Living at hospital admission‡	197 (51.7)
Primary diagnosis at ICU admission§
Cardiovascular	94 (24.5)
Pulmonary	128 (33.3)
Neurologic	65 (16.9)
Surgical	51 (13.3)
Other	46 (12.0)
ICU transferring to RCU
Medical	246 (63.9)
Surgical	44 (11.4)
Cardiothoracic	6 (1.6)
Neurosurgical	65 (16.9)
Cardiac care	24 (6.2)
ICU length of stay, median (IQR), d	15 (11–21)
APACHE II Score (at study entry), mean (SD)	19.8 (5.3)
Acute Physiology Score (at study entry), mean (SD)	10.5 (4.9)
Charlson Comorbidity Index score, median (IQR)	3 (1–5)

Definition of abbreviations: APACHE II = Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II; FIM = Functional Independence Measure; IQR = interquartile range; RCU = respiratory care unit.

Data are given as number (percentage) except where noted.

^*History of dementia, decreased level of consciousness, confusion, memory loss, or other cognitive impairment, as reported by family or evidenced in medical records.

^†N = 384.

^‡N = 381.

^§N = 382.