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. 2018 Jun 6;8(6):e021729. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-021729

Table 3.

Subgroups divided by median age, median time from cardiac arrest (CA) to arrival of emergency medical service (EMS), treatment with hypothermia and implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) compared regarding the subscores of European Quality of Life 5 Dimensions (EQ-5D), Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale (HADS) and PTSD Checklist Civilian version (PCL-C)

Mean (SD) HADS EQ-5D PCL-C
Anxiety scale (n=94) P values Depression scale (n=94) P values EQ-5D index (n=94) P values EQ-VAS
(n=86)
P values PTSD checklist (n=94) P values
Age
 >64* 5.0 (±4.7) 3.6 (±4.1) 0.79 (±0.28) 68.3 (±20.2) 28.7 (±11.3)
 ≤64* 5.6 (±4.6) 0.446 3.4 (±3.0) 0.670 0.79 (±0.22) 0.337 74.9 (±17.7) 0.151 33.3 (±13.4) 0.081
Time to EMS†
 >7‡ 5.4 (±5.2) 3.6 (±3.8) 0.78 (±0.28) 73.5 (±16.8) 30.4 (±13.1)
 ≤7‡ 5.3 (±4.3) 0.794 3.3 (±3.2) 0.796 0.80 (±0.23) 0.687 69.7 (±20.9) 0.574 32.2 (±12.6) 0.334
Hypothermia
 Yes 5.7 (±4.6) 3.3 (±3.0) 0.78 (±0.24) 73.8 (±16.0) 32.2 (±12.9)
 No 5.0 (±4.6) 0.441 3.7 (±4.0) 0.806 0.80 (±0.26) 0.383 70.3 (±21.9) 0.739 30.2 (±12.6) 0.233
ICD
 Yes 5.3 (±3.8) 2.8 (±2.4) 0.84 (±0.17) 77.2 (±13.0) 30.8 (±10.0)
 No 5.3 (±4.9) 0.603 3.8 (±3.8) 0.512 0.76 (±0.27) 0.707 70.5 (±20.8) 0.354 30.9 (±13.0) 0.588
*

Median age among participants in years.

†Time from CA to arrival of EMS.

‡ Median time from call to EMS in minutes.