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Table 1 Activity category and frequency, description, ability to return to activity, and survival

From: Patients’ primary activities prior to critical illness: how well do clinicians know them and how likely are patients to return to them?

Activity category

Description and examples

Full return to activity (%)a

Did not fully return to activity (%)b

Deceased (%)c

Unknown (%)d

Total

Employment

Work, vocation, or employment status

33 (38)

26 (30)

28 (32)

1 (1)e

88

Student

Involves school or academics

2 (67)

1 (33)

0 (0)

0 (0)

3

Physical activity

Physical exercise or strain (i.e., weight lifting, walking)

13 (45)

4 (14)

12 (41)

0 (0)

29

Household

Chores requiring some amount of activity (i.e., cleaning house, shopping)

17 (32)

10 (19)

24 (45)

2 (4)

53

Active

Involves activity but not as main focus (i.e., traveling, fishing)

4 (44)

1 (11)

4 (44)

0 (0)e

9

Social

Engaging with other people (i.e., family time, visiting friends, therapy)

14 (45)

2 (6)

13 (42)

2 (6)

31

Active sedentary

No physical strain but requires active engagement (i.e., arts and crafts, reading)

7 (28)

1 (4)

15 (60)

2 (8)

25

Passive sedentary

No physical strain and no active engagement (i.e., watching TV)

20 (50)

0 (0)

17 (43)

3 (8)

40

Not reported

No activity listed

NA

NA

17 (68)

8 (32)

25

Total

NA

110 (36)

45 (15)

130 (43)

18 (6)

303

  1. aFrequency and percentage of patients within each activity category that were alive and fully returned to their primary activity 6 months post-enrollment in the study. All percentages calculated by dividing the frequency by the activity type’s total
  2. bFrequency and percentage of patients within each activity category that were alive but did not fully return to their primary activity 6 months post-enrollment in the study
  3. cFrequency and percentage of patients within each activity category that were deceased 6 months post-enrollment in the study
  4. dFrequency and percentage of patients within each activity category with unknown vital and/or return to pastime status 6 months post-enrollment in the study
  5. ePercentages do not add to 100% due to decimal place rounding