Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics among Functional Status Scale change groups at hospital discharge
| All patients N=195 (%) |
No FSS Change n=113 (%) |
FSS increase 1-2 n=50 (%) |
FSS increase ≥ 3 n=32 (%) |
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age in years at admit, Median (IQR) | 6.3 (1.1,11.0) | 6.7 (1.7,11.1) | 5.1 (0.6,12.2) | 6.3 (1.3, 10.3) | .71 |
| Admission Diagnosis | <.001 | ||||
| Trauma | 127 (65%) | 86 (76%) | 29 (58%) | 12 (38%) | |
| Infectious/Inflammatory | 24 (12%) | 7 (6%) | 11 (22%) | 6 (19%) | |
| Cardiac Arrest | 11 (6%) | 5 (4%) | 3 (6%) | 3 (10%) | |
| Status epilepticus | 13 (7%) | 11 (10%) | 1 (2%) | 1 (3%) | |
| Stroke | 12 (6%) | 3 (3%) | 4 (8%) | 5 (16%) | |
| Other | 8 (4%) | 1 (1%) | 2 (4%) | 5 (16%) | |
| Male sex | 114 (59%) | 67 (59%) | 30 (60%) | 17 (53%) | .80 |
| White Race | 145 (74%) | 85 (75%) | 36 (72%) | 24 (75%) | .62 |
| Hispanic ethnicity | 34 (17%) | 15 (13%) | 10 (20%) | 9 (28%) | .13 |
| Medicaid insurance | 101 (52%) | 58 (51%) | 25 (50%) | 18 (56%) | .85 |
| Length of Stay, Median days (IQR) | |||||
| Critical care | 1.6 (0.9,4.3) | 1.1 (0.8,1.8) | 2.0 (1.1, 4.3) | 9.2 (5.0,20.1) | <.001 |
| Hospital | 3.6 (1.5,10.1) | 1.7 (1.1, 3.6) | 6.6 (3.5,10.1) | 18.1 (11.8,30.8) | <.001 |
| Pre-admission Chronic Comorbidity, Any | 44 (23%) | 29 (26%) | 7 (14%) | 8 (25%) | .24 |
| Medical | 28 (14%) | 16 (14%) | 5 (10%) | 7 (22%) | .33 |
| Psychiatric | 7 (4%) | 4 (4%) | 2 (4%) | 1 (3%) | .98 |
| Neurodevelopmental | 19 (10%) | 14 (12%) | 4 (8%) | 1 (3%) | .26 |
| Admission Glasgow Coma Scale, Median (IQR) | 15 (14,15) | 15 (14,15) | 15 (12,15) | 6.5 (4.5,11) | <.001 |
| Pre-admit cardiopulmonary resuscitation | 14 (7%) | 5 (4%) | 3 (6%) | 6 (19%) | .02 |
| Critical care intervention, any | 114 (59%) | 47 (42%) | 36 (72%) | 31 (97%) | <.001 |
| Seizure during admission | 28 (14%) | 6 (5%) | 11 (22%) | 11 (34%) | <.001 |
| Electroencephalography during admission | 37 (19%) | 10 (9%) | 10 (20%) | 17 (53%) | <.001 |
| Discharge to inpatient rehabilitation | 20 (10%) | 0 | 4 (8%) | 16 (50%) | <.001 |
| Days since discharge to follow-up, Median (IQR) | 50 (37, 76) | 49 (37, 71) | 61 (36, 80) | 50 (41, 70) | .74 |
| PedsQL total z-score, Median (IQR) | −0.76 (−1.81, 0.35) | −0.41 (−1.41, 0.54) | −0.76 (−2.13, 0.37) | −1.80 (−2.90, −0.68) | .001 |
| PedsQL subscale z-scores, Median (IQR) | n=136 | n=82 | n=31 | n=23 | |
| Physical | −0.30 (−1.64, 0.27) | 0.14 (−1.11,0.65) | −1.26 (−1.97,−0.11) | −1.64 (−2.08,0.18) | .001 |
| Emotional | −0.72 (−1.86,0.41) | −0.44 (−1.86,0.70) | −0.72 (−1.58,0.13) | −1.01 (−1.86,0.24) | .28 |
| Social | −0.46 (−1.52,0.59) | −0.29 (−1.17, 0.59) | −0.46 (−1.87, 0.24) | −1.87 (−2.22, −0.11) | .05 |
| School | −0.88 (−2.01,0.35) | −0.88 (−1.73,0.54) | −0.88 (−2.01, -0.03) | −1.44 (−2.58, -0.17) | .29 |
| Infant PedsQL subscale z-scores, Median (IQR) | n=59 | n=31 | n=19 | n=9 | |
| Physical Health Summary | 0.27 (−1.06,1.26) | 0.43 (−0.46,1.26) | 0.76 (−0.56,1.26) | −2.47 (−3.13,−.22) | .005 |
| Psychosocial Health Summary | 0.16 (−1.13,0.85) | 0.16 (−0.43,0.93) | 0.46 (−0.53,0.85) | −1.36 (−2.15,−0.43) | .06 |