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Table 4 Health related quality of life scores in patients with and without POD at day 28

From: Persistent organ dysfunction plus death: a novel, composite outcome measure for critical care trials

At 3 months

Patients without POD (n= 202)

Patients with POD (n= 71)

P- value

PHYSICAL FUNCTIONING

50.0 ± 34.1

37.2 ± 31.5

0.006

ROLE-PHYSICAL

43.6 ± 33.0

31.1 ± 27.8

0.005

PAIN INDEX

63.9 ± 30.3

59.0 ± 31.4

0.24

GENERAL HEALTH PERCEPTIONS

53.7 ± 25.3

53.0 ± 21.8

0.84

VITALITY

47.8 ± 25.4

48.2 ± 22.8

0.92

SOCIAL FUNCTIONING

64.9 ± 32.6

62.9 ± 33.0

0.66

ROLE-EMOTIONAL

67.8 ± 31.5

69.3 ± 36.8

0.75

MENTAL HEALTH INDEX

68.9 ± 22.8

72.6 ± 19.8

0.23

STANDARDIZED PHYSICAL COMPONENT SCALE

38.2 ± 12.1

32.7 ± 10.7

<.001

STANDARDIZED MENTAL COMPONENT SCALE

46.4 ± 13.3

49.6 ± 14.1

0.09

At 6 months

Patients without POD ( n = 196)

Patients with POD ( n = 70)

P- value

PHYSICAL FUNCTIONING

56.5 ± 34.7

48.1 ± 34.8

0.08

ROLE-PHYSICAL

52.8 ± 34.3

47.4 ± 31.8

0.26

PAIN INDEX

66.3 ± 30.3

65.2 ± 29.4

0.78

GENERAL HEALTH PERCEPTIONS

56.4 ± 26.5

53.3 ± 22.8

0.40

VITALITY

52.5 ± 25.5

53.0 ± 23.8

0.89

SOCIAL FUNCTIONING

71.2 ± 30.3

66.8 ± 33.4

0.31

ROLE-EMOTIONAL

74.1 ± 30.8

70.3 ± 35.0

0.39

MENTAL HEALTH INDEX

71.7 ± 22.4

74.0 ± 21.1

0.45

STANDARDIZED PHYSICAL COMPONENT SCALE

40.4 ± 13.0

38.1 ± 11.4

0.21

STANDARDIZED MENTAL COMPONENT SCALE

48.5 ± 13.3

49.4 ± 13.5

0.63

  1. POD, Persistent Organ Dysfunction Score.
  2. Values reported as mean ± standard deviation.