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Table 1 Baseline demographics of patients receiving questionnaires at 14 months post-ICU.

From: Gender differences in psychological morbidity and treatment in intensive care survivors - a cohort study

  

Control

Follow-up

  

Men (n = 64)

Women (n = 38)

Men (n = 102)

Women (n = 54)

Age

Mean (SD)

52 (17)

54 (20.5)

53 (17)

52 (18)

APACHE II

Mean (SD)

21 (8)

19 (10)

23 (9)

21 (8)

Charlson Comorbidity Index*

Mean (SD)

1.4 (2.1)

1.4 (1.5)

1.2 (1.6)

1.1 (1.6)

Previous psychological problems

%

12

29

14

17

ICU-length of stay (days)

Mean (SD)

9 (7)

9 (8)

11 (7)

10 (7)

Diagnosis:

     

Trauma

%

32

21

36

20

Surgical

 

11

11

15

19

Medical

 

22

26

19

13

Infection

 

35

42

30

48

Ventilator

%

72

79

83

81

Sedation (days)

Median (IQR)

2 (0 to 4)

2 (0 to 4)

3 (1 to 6)

3 (1 to 5)

  1. Differences were compared with Student's t-test, Mann Whitney U-test and Chi2-test where appropriate. No statistically significant differences between control and follow-up groups, P-values not shown. *Comorbidity was assessed by the Charlson Comorbidity Index [23]. APACHE II, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II; ICU,Intensive care unit; IQR, Interquartile range p25-p75; SD, Standard deviation
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