Results from the national sepsis practice survey: predictions about mortality and morbidity and recommendations for limitation of care orders

Table 4 Predicted problems with self-care, based on clinical factors in study vignettes

Vignette characteristics					Predicted problems washing and dressing self at six months (assuming survival)
BMI	Age (years)	Co-morbidities	APACHE II Score	Number of vignettes	Median	5^th percentile to 95^th percentile range
Normal	50	None	25	285	12%	1% to 58%
Obese	50	None	25	133	20%	3% to 66%
Normal	50	Early-stage lung cancer	25	43	25%	3% to 55%
Normal	70	None	25	124	25%	4% to 69%
Obese	50	Early-stage lung cancer	25	42	28.5%	2% to 70%
Obese	70	None	25	130	32%	4% to 74%
Normal	70	Early-stage lung cancer	25	98	31.5%	4% to 77%
Obese	70	Early-stage lung cancer	25	287	39%	8% to 81%
All vignettes				1142	25%	2% to 74%

Respondents were asked to provide estimates of problems washing and dressing himself at six months, assuming the patient survived (see Methods for details). The median and central 90% of responses are shown based on vignette characteristics. APACHE II = acute physiology, age and chronic health evaluation II; BMI = body mass index.

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