Table 1 Background characteristics of participating family members and patients
From: Satisfaction with quality of ICU care for patients and families: the euroQ2 project
Total sample | Denmark | The Netherlands | p a | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Valid n b | Statisticc | Valid n b | Statisticc | Valid n b | Statisticc | ||
Family member | |||||||
Age, median years (IQRd) | 1055 | 57 (22) | 553 | 54 (22) | 502 | 60 (20) | <0.001 |
Female | 1056 | 724 (69) | 554 | 399 (72) | 502 | 325 (65) | 0.01 |
Relationship to patient, n (%) | 1061 | 559 | 502 | <0.001 | |||
Spouse or partner | 499 (47) | 209 (37) | 290 (58) | ||||
Child | 372 (35) | 235 (42) | 137 (27) | ||||
Sibling | 64 ( 6) | 32 ( 6) | 32 ( 6) | ||||
Parent | 60 ( 6) | 37 ( 7) | 23 ( 5) | ||||
Other | 66 ( 6) | 46 ( 8) | 20 ( 4) | ||||
Patient | |||||||
Age, median years (IQR) | 894 | 69 (16) | 408 | 70 (15) | 486 | 68(17) | 0.33 |
Female, n (%) | 894 | 340 (38) | 408 | 144 (35) | 486 | 196 (40) | 0.12 |
Days in ICU, median days (IQR) | 893 | 8 (10) | 406 | 9 (11) | 487 | 7 (10) | 0.16 |
Level of therapy, n (%) | 856 | 408 | 448 | <0.001 | |||
Full | 630 (74) | 315 (77) | 315 (70) | ||||
Life-sustaining therapy withheld | 123 (14) | 38 (9) | 85 (19) | ||||
Life-sustaining therapy withdrawn | 103 (12) | 55 (13) | 48 (11) | ||||
Discharge, n (%) | 895 | 408 | 487 | <0.001 | |||
Planned | 658 (74) | 266 (65) | 392 (81) | ||||
Dead | 178 (20) | 88 (22) | 90 (18) | ||||
Othere | 59 ( 7) | 54 (13) | 5 ( 1) | ||||
Reason for admission, n (%) | 894 | 407 | 487 | <0.001 | |||
Respiratory | 311 (35) | 142 (35) | 169 (35) | ||||
Sepsis | 152 (17) | 52 (13) | 100 (21) | ||||
Cardiovascular | 274 (31) | 119 (29) | 155 (32) | ||||
Other | 157 (18) | 94 (23) | 63 (13) | ||||
Mechanical ventilation, n (%) | 894 | 783 (88) | 408 | 346 (85) | 486 | 437 (90) | 0.02 |
APACHE II, median score (IQR) | 509 | 21 (10) | 59 | 24 (12) | 450 | 21 (10) | 0.01 |
SAPS II, median score (IQR) | 638 | 50 (24) | 277 | 51 (22) | 361 | 48 (26) | 0.09 |