Table 3.

The biological and clinical characteristics of the 30 children recruited at the intensive care unit for the pretesting step of the cross-cultural adaptation process

Analyzed variables	Children (n = 30)
Weight (kg)	13.5 (9 - 18)
Age (months)	29 (11 - 72)
Males	18 (60)
Length of stay at ICU (days)	12 (8 - 16)
Length of stay at hospital (days)	16.5 (12 - 24)
Duration of MV (days)	8 (6 - 12)
Duration of sedation	7.5 (6 - 11)
Diagnosis
Pneumonia	9 (30)
Sepsis	5 (16.6)
PO abdominal surgery	5 (16.6)
Heart disease	4 (13.3)
Other	7 (23.5)

ICU - intensive care unit; MV - mechanical ventilation; PO - postoperative. Results are expressed as n (%), median, and interquartile range.