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. 2015 Oct 18;2015:876947. doi: 10.1155/2015/876947

Table 4.

The psychometrics associations to health related quality of life at the SF-36.

n Physical function Role physical Bodily pain General health Vitality Social function Role emotional Mental health
After 2 months
PTSD
 None 261 70 (10; 95) 25 (0; 100) 82 (25; 100) 62 (25; 92) 65 (25; 90) 100 (50; 100) 100 (33; 100) 88 (60; 100)
 Present 18 58 (10; 90) 0 (0; 75) 37 (0; 100) 45 (15; 82) 35 (5; 55) 63 (0; 100) 33 (0; 100) 50 (28; 76)
p # 0.21 0.04 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01
Anxiety
 None 263 70 (10; 95) 25 (0; 100) 82 (25; 100) 62 (25; 92) 65 (25; 90) 100 (38; 100) 100 (33; 100) 88 (60; 100)
 Present 16 50 (20; 80) 0 (0; 100) 42 (12; 100) 45 (15; 82) 43 (5; 80) 50 (13; 100) 33 (0; 100) 52 (20; 92)
p # 0.07 0.04 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01
Depression
 None 252 70 (10; 95) 25 (0; 100) 88 (34; 100) 64 (30; 92) 68 (30; 90) 100 (50; 100) 100 (67; 100) 88 (68; 100)
 Present 27 45 (5; 90) 0 (0; 75) 37 (0; 100) 30 (10; 70) 30 (5; 50) 50 (13; 88) 33 (0; 100) 52 (32; 72)
p # 0.02 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01

After 6 months
PTSD
 None 230 75 (18; 100) 63 (0; 100) 82 (25; 100) 67 (25; 95) 70 (28; 90) 100 (50; 100) 100 (67; 100) 92 (62; 100)
 Present 10 63 (15; 100) 0 (0; 100) 46 (18; 91) 46 (20; 86) 30 (5; 80) 56 (6; 100) 0 (0; 67) 58 (28; 82)
p # 0.76 0.09 0.06 0.07 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01
Anxiety
 None 234 75 (20; 100) 63 (0; 100) 82 (25; 100) 67 (25; 95) 70 (30; 90) 100 (50; 100) 100 (67; 100) 90 (64; 100)
 Present 6 18 (0; 90) 38 (0; 100) 33 (0; 82) 39 (0; 67) 20 (0; 30) 50 (13; 50) 33 (0; 100) 54 (20; 68)
p # <0.01 0.30 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01
Depression
 None 220 80 (20; 100) 75 (0; 100) 82 (25; 100) 67 (30; 95) 75 (35; 90) 100 (50; 100) 100 (84; 100) 92 (68; 100)
 Present 20 53 (3; 93) 13 (0; 100) 25 (0; 82) 40 (5; 87) 20 (5; 85) 50 (19; 100) 33 (0; 100) 40 (18; 82)
p # 0.01 0.01 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01

Median (10; 90 percentile) at Short Form-36. #Kruskal-Wallis test. ICU = intensive care unit. PTSD = posttraumatic stress disorder.