Table 2 Trends in quality of life with regard to the individual dimensions of SF-36 parameters at the study time points
From: Quality of life in the five years after intensive care: a cohort study
Total patient number | Physical functioning | Role physical | Bodily pain | General health | Vitality | Social functioning | Role emotional | Mental health | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pre-morbid | 300 | 57.9 | (36.7) | 53.5 | (37.6) | 55.9 | (34.9) | 54.0 | (27.5) | 43.4 | (27.8) | 57.8 | (34.7) | 64.4 | (35.0) | 62.6 | (25.4) |
3 months | 202 | 56.3 | (31.9) | 45.9 | (33.7) | 62.1 | (31.0) | 55.4 | (24.9) | 46.9 | (22.7) | 60.8 | (36.3) | 74.9 | (32.3) | 72.9 | (21.3) |
6 months | 181 | 59.8 | (30.4) | 53.2 | (34.6) | 65.1 | (31.9) | 57.3 | (25.9) | 51.8 | (24.0) | 67.9 | (33.5) | 79.1 | (30.3) | 75.2 | (21.2) |
1 year | 148 | 61.4 | (31.4) | 56.9 | (35.2) | 70.6 | (30.4) | 59.4 | (25.3) | 51.6 | (24.5) | 70.8 | (32.7) | 80.1 | (28.8) | 75.9 | (20.5) |
2.5 years | 127 | 58.8 | (32.6) | 62.0 | (34.2) | 70.7 | (30.7) | 57.9 | (27.0) | 53.4 | (25.7) | 76.0 | (29.4) | 84.4 | (25.9) | 75.9 | (19.0) |
5 years | 97 | 52.5 | (34.0) | 58.0 | (34.6) | 59.8 | (33.4) | 55.7 | (29.3) | 50.1 | (25.4) | 73.1 | (32.0) | 79.1 | (30.0) | 75.5 | (20.0) |
UK normals | 76.2 | (22.3) | 75.9 | (37.5) | 76.9 | (24.0) | 68.1 | (21.9) | 61.8 | (21.2) | 86.2 | (22.7) | 84.8 | (30.6) | 76.4 | (18.4) | |