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Table 2 Self-sufficiency before and after the ICU stay shown by percent of patients

From: Quality of life in patients aged 80 or over after ICU discharge

 

Nonsurvivors

N = 83

Patients alive with one-year QOL data

N = 23

Self-sufficiency1

 

Before ICU admission

After one year2

ADL = 6

55 (66.3)

19 (82.6)

17 (74)

ADL = 5

4 (4.8)

1 (4.3)

2 (8.7)

ADL = 4

8 (9.6)

3 (13)

2 (8.7)

ADL = 3

1 (1.2)

0

1 (4.3)

ADL = 2

5 (6)

0

0

ADL = 1

2 (2.4)

0

1 (4.3)

ADL = 0

8 (9.6)

0

0

Median ADL Score

(IQR)

6 (4 to 6)

6 (6 to 6)

6 (5 to 6)

  1. 1Self-sufficiency was assessed using the Katz Index of Activities of Daily Living (ADL) [17], with each activity being scored from zero (complete dependence) to six (complete independence).
  2. QOL = quality of life; ICU = intensive care unit
  3. 2P = 0.80 for the comparison of self sufficiency one year after ICU discharge and before ICU admission in the 23 alive patients, for the whole activities of daily living