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.