Table 4.
Background, intensive care unit, and EQ-5D variables in sepsis group and control group respondents
| Type of data | Sepsis group respondents (n = 104) | Control group respondents (n = 133) | P | ||
| Background | Sex (n [%]) | ||||
| Male | 66 (64) | 72 (54) | 0.149a | ||
| Female | 38 (36) | 61 (46) | |||
| Age (median [25th–75th percentile]) | 52 (38–66) | 58 (42–69) | 0.102b | ||
| Work status (n [%]) | |||||
| Employed | 27 (27) | 30 (23) | 0.556a | ||
| Retired | 53 (53) | 65 (49) | |||
| Housework/student/seeking work | 9 (9) | 17 (13) | |||
| Other | 11 (11) | 20 (15) | |||
| Previous health state (n [%]) | |||||
| Healthy | 33 (32) | 36 (27) | 0.518a | ||
| Chronic nondisabling disease | 45 (44) | 68 (51) | |||
| Chronic disabling disease | 25 (24) | 29 (22) | |||
| ICU variables | APACHE II score at admission (median [25th–75th percentile])c | 17 (13–21) | 12 (8–18) | <0.001 | |
| ICU days (median [25th–75th percentile])c | 8 (4–11) | 3 (2–5) | <0.001b | ||
| Admission category (n [%])c | |||||
| Medical | 80 (77) | 41 (31) | <0.001a | ||
| Scheduled surgery | 0 (0) | 58 (44) | |||
| Nonscheduled surgery | 23 (22) | 20 (15) | |||
| Multiple trauma | 1 (1) | 13 (10) | |||
| EQ-5D variables | Mobility (n [%]) | ||||
| N: I have no problems in walking about | 69 (67) | 77 (58) | 0.368a | ||
| M: I have some problems in walking about | 30 (29) | 50 (38) | |||
| E: I am confined to bed | 4 (4) | 5 (4) | |||
| Self-care (n [%]) | |||||
| N: I have no problems with self-care | 79 (76) | 96 (73) | 0.782a | ||
| M: I have some problems washing or dressing myself | 11 (11) | 16 (12) | |||
| E: I am unable to wash or dress myself | 13 (13) | 20 (15) | |||
| Usual activities (n [%]) | |||||
| N: I have no problems with performing my usual activities | 56 (54) | 58 (44) | 0.192a | ||
| M: I have some problems with performing my usual activities | 26 (25) | 47 (36) | |||
| E: I am unable to performing my usual activities | 21 (21) | 27 (20) | |||
| Pain/discomfort (n [%]) | |||||
| N: I have no pain or discomfort | 66 (64) | 73 (55) | 0.386a | ||
| M: I have moderate pain or discomfort | 30 (29) | 49 (37) | |||
| E: I have extreme pain or discomfort | 7 (7) | 10 (8) | |||
| Anxiety/depression (n [%]) | |||||
| N: I am not anxious or depressed | 58 (56) | 51 (39) | 0.017a | ||
| M: I am moderately anxious or depressed | 29 (28) | 59 (46) | |||
| E: I am extremely anxious or depressed | 16 (16) | 19 (15) | |||
| Perceived current health state: Health state today compared with 12 months ago (n [%])c | |||||
| Better | 35 (34) | 52 (40) | 0.022a | ||
| The same | 34 (33) | 23 (18) | |||
| Worse | 33 (33) | 55 (42) | |||
| EQ VAS (median [25th–75th percentile]) | 75 (50–80) | 60 (50–80) | 0.129b | ||
| EQ Index (median [25th–75th percentile]) | 84 (58–100) | 76 (56–91) | 0.059b | ||
aPearson χ2 test. bMann–Whitney test. *See Methods section for an explanation. APACHE, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; EQ-5D, EuroQol five-dimension questionnaire; ICU, intensive care unit; VAS, visual–analogue scale (0–100% scale).