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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neurocrit Care. 2021 Jul 16;35(2):347–357. doi: 10.1007/s12028-021-01271-8

Table 2.

Simple linear regression evaluating overall quality of life (total PedsQL z-score)

Beta coefficient (95%
Confidence Interval)
p-value
Age in years at admission −0.06 (−0.10 - −0.03) .001
Diagnosis
 Trauma (reference) ref ref
 Infectious/Inflammatory −0.26 (−0.93 - 0.42) .45
 Status epilepticus −0.06 (−0.97 - 0.85) .90
 Cardiac arrest −0.76 (−1.71 - 0.19) .12
 Stroke −0.47 (−1.38 - 0.44) .31
 Other 0.69 (−0.41 - 1.79) .22
White race 0.20 (−0.29 - 0.70) .42
Hispanic ethnicity −0.39 (−0.96 - 0.18) .17
Medicaid insurance −0.40 (−0.83 - 0.03) .07
Male sex 0.69 (0.26 - 1.12) .002
Length of Stay
 Critical care (Log days) −0.93 (−1.38 - −0.47) <.001
 Hospital (Log days) −0.65 (−1.05 - −0.24) .002
Pre-admission chronic comorbidity, any −0.68 (−0.92 - −0.44) <.001
Admission Glasgow Coma Scale (Log score) 1.33 (−0.71 - 3.36) .20
Pre-admit cardiopulmonary resuscitation −1.12 (−1.94 - −0.30) .008
Critical care intervention, any 0.30 (−0.14 - 0.74) .18
Seizure during admission −0.38 (−0.99 - 0.24) .23
Electroencephalography during admission −0.18 (−0.73 - 0.37) .52
Discharge to inpatient rehabilitation −0.70 (−1.39 - −0.01) .05
Days since discharge to follow-up, Median (IQR) 0.00 (−0.01 - 0.01) .85
Change in Functional Status Scale total at discharge:
 No change (reference) ref ref
 Increase 1-2 points −0.31 (−0.80 - 0.19) .22
 Increase ≥3 points −1.18 (−1.77 - −0.60) <.001
Functional Status Scale domain changes at discharge:
 Increase mental status ≥1 (n=9) −0.97 (−1.99 - 0.06) .06
 Increase sensory ≥1 (n=38) −0.65 (−1.19 - −0.11) .02
 Increase communication ≥1 (n=27) −0.95 (−1.56 - −0.33) .003
 Increase motor ≥1 (n=43) −0.72 (−1.24 - −0.21) .01
 Increase feeding ≥1 (n=40) −0.76 (−1.28 - −0.23) .01
 Increase respiratory ≥1 (n=7) −1.35 (−2.50 - −0.20) .02