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Table 2 Psychological distress measurements at one year

From: Posttraumatic stress, anxiety and depression symptoms in patients during the first year post intensive care unit discharge

 

All

Medical

Surgical

Trauma

IES1 total, mean (CI)

    
 

22.5 (20.0 to 25.1)

22.8 (19.0 to 26.6)

22.3 (16.7 to 27.9)

22.4 (17.8 to 27.0)

IES-total

    

   ≥ 20, %

50% (90/180)

51% (39/76)

46% (21/46)

52% (30/58)

   ≥ 35, %

27% (48/180)

25% (19/76)

33% (15/46)

24% (14/58)

HADS2

    

Anxiety, mean (CI)

5.8 (5.1 to 6.5)

5.9 (4.9 to 6.9)

6.3 (4.8 to 7.8)

5.2 (3.9 to 6.5)

Depression, mean (CI)

4.7 (4.1 to 5.3)

4.4 (3.5 to 5.3)

5.6 (4.3 to 6.9)

4.3 (3.2 to 5.4)

HADS-Anxiety

    

   ≥ 8, %

33% (63/192)

34% (28/82)

39% (20/51)

25% (15/59)

   ≥ 11, %

18% (35/192)

16% (13/82)

22% (11/51)

19% (11/59)

HADS-Depression

    

   ≥ 8, %

27% (52/192)

23% (19/82)

37% (19/51)

24% (14/59)

   ≥ 11, %

12% (22/192)

9% (7/82)

22% * (11/51)

7% (4/59)

  1. 1IES, Impact of Event Scale.
  2. 2HADS, Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale.
  3. * P < 0.05 between surgical and medical/trauma patients.