'One patient amongst many': a qualitative analysis of intensive care unit patients' experiences of transferring to the general ward

Field, Kate; Prinjha, Suman; Rowan, Kathy

doi:10.1186/cc6795

Critical Care

Table 1 Participants and their length of stay in the ICU and the general ward: 34 participants who transferred to high dependency unit/general ward

From: 'One patient amongst many': a qualitative analysis of intensive care unit patients' experiences of transferring to the general ward

Interview number	Age at interview (years)	Sex	Length of ICU/HDU stay^a	Length of ward stay^a
IC01	41	Female	ICU: 11 days	2 weeks
IC02	60	Male	ICU: about 1 month	4 days
IC03	66	Male	ICU: 5 weeks	5 weeks
IC04	46	Female	ICU: about 5 weeks/HDU: 1 week	Discharged after 1 week in HDU
IC05	40	Female	ICU: 22 days/HDU: 10 days	Just over a week
IC06	35	Female	ICU: 3 weeks/HDU: 36 hours	5 weeks
IC07	60	Male	ICU: 7 months	Ward: 1 month/home: awaiting rehabiliatation
IC08	50	Male	ICU: 10 days	Readmitted in 2006 and died
IC09	60	Male	ICU: 3 days	10 days
IC10	76	Female	ICU: about a week	1 week
IC12	23	Female	ICU: 21 days/HDU: 2 weeks	2 weeks
IC14	35	Female	ICU: 2 days	2 days, discharged herself
IC15	38	Female	ICU: 1 month, admitted three times in 2004	Several months on and off
IC16	67	Male	ICU: 8 weeks	3 weeks
IC17	30	Male	ICU: 12 days	2 weeks
IC18	62	Male	ICU: 18 days	5 weeks
IC21	72	Male	ICU: about 4 weeks	1 week
IC22	71	Male	ICU: 17 days	A few days
IC23	54	Male	ICU: 17 days	2 weeks
IC24	44	Female	ICU: 5 weeks	2 weeks
IC25	45	Male	ICU: 4 weeks	2 weeks
IC26	47	Male	ICU: 30 days	8 days
IC27	68	Male	ICU: 2 weeks/HDU: 2 weeks	Ward: 6 weeks/rehabilitation: 2 weeks
IC28	46	Male	ICU: 7 weeks	4 weeks
IC29	47	Female	ICU: 2 weeks/HDU: 1 day	1 week
IC30	55	Female	ICU: 6 days/HDU: 5 days	Discharged after HDU
IC31	71	Male	ICU: 2 weeks	3 weeks
IC32	57	Female	ICU: 29 days	Ward: 6 weeks/rehabilitation: 6 weeks
IC34	37	Male	ICU: 30 days total, admitted twice	Several months
IC35	33	Male	ICU: 17 days	Ward: 1 week/rehabilitation: 3 months
IC36	67	Female	ICU: unsure how long	Ward: unsure how long
IC37	58	Male	ICU: 9 days	16 days
IC38	55	Female	ICU: 1 week	2 weeks
IC39	56	Male	ICU: 4 days	3 days

^aRespondents did not always know whether/when they had moved from intensive care unit (ICU) care to step-down or high-dependency unit (HDU) care. Some did not know or could not remember how long they had spent on a ward.

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