Table 3.
Outcome measures results by ICU admission.
| Variable | Non-ICU n = 21 |
ICU n = 36 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre | Post | p-Value | Pre | Post | p-Value | p-Value Intergroup * | |
| Physical capacity, 1-min STST | |||||||
| Repetitions | 18.9 ± 10.4 | 29.2 ± 10.7 | <0.001 | 15.1 ± 10.9 | 25.1 ± 10.2 | <0.001 | 0.271 |
| %predicted | 49.9 ± 27.7 | 76.2 ± 28.5 | <0.001 | 39.4 ± 26.4 | 69.5 ± 22.9 | <0.001 | 0.405 |
| Repetitions < 2.5th perc, n (%) | 12 (57.1) | 3 (14.3) | <0.001 | 25 (69.4) | 9 (25.0) | <0.001 | 0.435 |
| Quality of life, SF-36 | |||||||
| Physical functioning | 41.7 ± 28.9 | 67.9 ± 22.4 | <0.001 | 31.8 ± 29.7 | 58.6 ± 28.6 | <0.001 | 0.339 |
| Physical role limitations | 13.8 ± 31.9 | 42.1 ± 41.7 | 0.019 | 2.9 ± 10.1 | 32.6 ± 39.3 | <0.001 | 0.590 |
| Bodily pain | 51.3 ± 32.6 | 74.2 ± 26.0 | 0.008 | 44.9 ± 28.8 | 51.8 ± 28.8 | 0.212 | 0.013 |
| General health perceptions | 51.5 ± 19.1 | 62.6 ± 22.4 | 0.009 | 48.9 ± 20.9 | 50.3 ± 20.6 | 0.842 | 0.087 |
| Energy/vitality | 44.3 ± 27.1 | 62.4 ± 20.7 | <0.001 | 37.6 ± 21.6 | 55.9 ± 18.7 | <0.001 | 0.385 |
| Social functioning | 45.3 ± 31.5 | 76.7 ± 30.9 | <0.001 | 42.0 ± 32.2 | 60.7 ± 34.1 | 0.006 | 0.136 |
| Emotional role limitations | 34.1 ± 40.6 | 63.4 ± 42.9 | 0.003 | 26.7 ± 39.4 | 35.3 ± 42.5 | 0.224 | 0.032 |
| Mental health | 57.8 ± 29.2 | 71.7 ± 20.7 | 0.004 | 49.2 ± 27.5 | 56.2 ± 27.6 | 0.220 | 0.058 |
| Total score | 42.1 ± 19.5 | 63.7 ± 18.6 | <0.001 | 34.9 ± 16.9 | 48.8 ± 19.8 | <0.001 | 0.019 |
| Symptoms | |||||||
| Dyspnea, mMRC score | 2 (2–3) | 1 (0–2) | <0.001 | 3 (2–3) | 1 (0–2) | 0.002 | 0.648 |
| Fatigue, VAS | 3 (0–4) | 1 (0–3.25) | 0.053 | 3 (1.75–5) | 1.5 (0–2.75) | 0.004 | 0.473 |
Abbreviations: 1-min STST: 1-min sit-to-stand test; ICU: intensive care unit; mMRC: Modified Medical Research council; VAS: visual analogue scale. * Comparison of post-intervention results between non-hospitalized vs. hospitalized patients. Intra and intergroup comparison pre and post-intervention using paired t-test for continuous variables and the Mann–Whitney U test if the distribution was skewed.