Table 1.
Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the patients being followed up six months after the transfer from acute ICU to post-acute ICU (N=131) and dropouts (n=81).
| Characteristics | Patients followed up (n=131) | Dropouts (n=81) | U/χ 2 | p |
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| Age (yrs), median (IQR) | 61.2 (55.4–64.9) | 61.8 (57.0–66.5) | 4749.000 | 0.200 (U)a |
| Gender, n (%) | ||||
| Male | 94 (71.8) | 58 (71.6) | ||
| Female | 37 (28.2) | 23 (28.4) | 0.001 | 0.981 (χ 2)b |
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| Family status, n (%) | ||||
| Single | 12 (9.2) | 10 (12.3) | ||
| Married/cohabited | 94 (71.1) | 55 (67.9) | ||
| Divorced/living apart | 17 (13.0) | 12 (14.8) | ||
| Widowed | 8 (6.1) | 4 (4.9) | 0.910 | 0.923 (χ 2)b |
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| Education, n (%)c | ||||
| <10 yrs | 39 (31.5) | 39 (50.6) | ||
| ≥10 yrs | 85 (68.5) | 38 (49.4) | 7.372 | 0.007 ∗∗ (χ 2)b |
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| ICU stay (days), median (IQR) | 62.0 (47.0–90.0) | 74.0 (54.0–114.5) | 4416.000 | 0.040 ∗ (U)a |
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| Mechanical ventilation (days), median (IQR) | 45.0 (28.0–70.0) | 51.0 (33.0–83.0) | 4639.000 | 0.125 (U)a |
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| Sepsis, n (%) | ||||
| No sepsis | 44 (33.6) | 23 (28.4) | ||
| Sepsis | 48 (36.6) | 32 (39.5) | ||
| Severe sepsis or septic shock | 39 (29.7) | 26 (32.1) | 3.270 | 0.352 (χ 2)b |
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| Site of infection, n (%) | ||||
| Respiratory | 63 (48.1) | 48 (59.3) | 2.502 | 0.114 (χ 2)b |
| Urinary/genitals | 13 (9.9) | 6 (7.4) | 0.388 | 0.533 (χ 2)b |
| Abdominal | 12 (9.2) | 6 (7.4) | 0.198 | 0.656 (χ 2)b |
| Bones/soft tissue | 7 (5.3) | 3 (3.7) | 0.299 | 0.745 (†)d |
| Wound infection | 2 (1.5) | 1 (1.2) | 0.031 | 1.000 (χ 2)d |
| Heart | 1 (0.8) | 2 (2.5) | 1.044 | 0.559 (χ 2)d |
| Multiple | 12 (9.2) | 11 (13.6) | 1.011 | 0.315 (χ 2)b |
| Otherse | 9 (6.9) | 9 (11.1) | 1.159 | 0.282 (χ 2)b |
| Unknown | 4 (3.1) | 3 (3.7) | 0.066 | 1.000 (χ 2)b |
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| Barthel index, median (IQR) | ||||
| At admission at post-acute ICU, median (IQR) | −175.0 (−225.0 to −95.0) | −200.0 (−225.0 to −127.5) | 4850.500 | 0.289 (U)a |
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| At discharge from post-acute ICU at rehabilitation hospital, mean (IQR) | −30.0 (−80 to 15.0) | −55.0 (−120.0 to −10.0) | 4217.500 | 0.012 ∗ (U)a |
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| At discharge from rehabilitation hospital, median (IQR) | 65.0 (25.0 to 85.0) | 20.0 (−55.0 to 65.0) | 3083.500 | <0.001 ∗∗∗ (U)a |
a p value from the Mann–Whitney U test; b p value from χ 2-test; cpatients followed up: n=7 missing values; patients dropped out: n=4 missing values; d p value from Fisher's exact test; epatients followed up: brain (n=1), central venous catheter (n=7), and portsystem (n=1); patients dropped out: central venous catheter (n=5), intracardiac catheter (n=1), nose (n=1), portsystem (n=1), and aorta (n=1); IQR = interquartile range; ASDS = Acute Stress Disorder Scale; ∗ p ≤ 0.05; ∗∗ p ≤ 0.01; ∗∗∗ p ≤ 0.001.