Table 3. Comparison of items related to baseline data.
| Total population | Matched population | |||||||
| Early mobilization |
Late mobilization |
SD | P | Early mobilization |
Late mobilization |
SD | P | |
| Baseline characteristics | n=85 | n=92 | n=37 | n=37 | ||||
| Age (years) | 69 [60–78] | 70 [63–79] | 0.109 | 0.680 | 71 [64–80] | 69 [64–79] | 0.042 | 0.492 |
| Male, n (%) | 57 (67) | 64 (70) | 0.054 | 0.720 | 25 (68) | 26 (70) | 0.058 | 0.802 |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 21 [18–24] | 21 [17–24] | 0.070 | 0.458 | 21 [18–24] | 20 [18–25] | 0.006 | 0.721 |
| Charlson comorbidity index | 2 [1–4] | 2 [1–4] | 0.038 | 0.684 | 2 [1–3] | 2 [1–3] | 0.071 | 0.745 |
| Admission source, n (%) | ||||||||
| Emergency department | 61 (72) | 68 (74) | 0.024 | 0.748 | 30 (81) | 31 (84) | 0.071 | 1.000 |
| Hospital ward | 24 (28) | 24 (26) | 7 (19) | 6 (16) | ||||
| ICU admission diagnosis, n (%) | ||||||||
| Respiratory, including pneumonia | 25 (29) | 20 (22) | 0.177 | 0.242 | 10 (27) | 10 (27) | 0.000 | 1.000 |
| Cardiovascular | 18 (21) | 19 (21) | 0.013 | 0.932 | 9 (24) | 12 (32) | 0.181 | 0.439 |
| Gastrointestinal | 20 (24) | 14 (15) | 0.211 | 0.161 | 5 (14) | 4 (11) | 0.083 | 1.000 |
| Trauma | 4 (5) | 3 (3) | 0.074 | 0.712 | 2 (5) | 2 (5) | 0.000 | 1.000 |
| Sepsis, non-pulmonary | 7 (8) | 19 (21) | 0.359 | 0.020 | 6 (16) | 5 (14) | 0.076 | 1.000 |
| Others | 11 (13) | 17 (18) | 0.153 | 0.313 | 5 (14) | 4 (11) | 0.083 | 1.000 |
| APACHE II score | 19 [15–26] | 22 [17–30] | 0.481 | 0.008 | 23 [18–26] | 21 [15–27] | 0.007 | 0.478 |
| SOFA score at ICU admission | 6 [4–8] | 8 [6–10] | 0.831 | <0.0001 | 7 [6–9] | 7 [5–10] | 0.027 | 0.952 |
| Patients receiving mechanical ventilation (%) | 55 (65) | 73 (79) | 0.331 | 0.030 | 26 (70) | 26 (70) | 0.000 | 1.000 |
| Patients receiving continuous vasopressor (%) | 46 (54) | 68 (74) | 0.421 | 0.006 | 24 (65) | 24 (65) | 0.000 | 1.000 |
| Patients receiving continuous sedation (%) | 63 (74) | 80 (87) | 0.329 | 0.030 | 28 (76) | 29 (78) | 0.064 | 0.782 |
| RASS score from day 1 to 5 | −1 [−2 to 0] | −3 [−4 to 1] | 0.122 | <0.0001 | −2[−3 to 0] | −1 [−3 to 0] | 0.013 | 0.987 |
| Patients receiving continuous analgesia (fentanyl), n (%) | 57 (67) | 74 (80) | 0.307 | 0.043 | 28 (76) | 28 (76) | 0.000 | 1.000 |
| Patients receiving steroids, n (%) | 27 (32) | 32 (35) | 0.064 | 0.671 | 11 (30) | 9 (24) | 0.122 | 0.794 |
| Patients receiving neuromuscular blocking agent, n (%) | 10 (12) | 16 (17) | 0.160 | 0.291 | 3 (8) | 6 (16) | 0.250 | 0.479 |
| Patients receiving dialysis (%) | 15 (18) | 33 (36) | 0.421 | 0.006 | 7 (19) | 7 (19) | 0.067 | 1.000 |
Data are presented as median [interquartile range] or number (%).
Analysis by independent-sample Mann–Whitney U-test or χ2 test.