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Table 13 Means and mean rank sums for the domain on appetite and alcohol use—Comparison between ICU survivors and controls at the time of completing the questionnaire

From: Long-term health-related quality of life and burden of disease after intensive care: development of a patient-reported outcome measure

 

Issues

Mean

Mean rank sum

p-value

ICU

Survivors

Controls

ICU

Survivors

Controls

A&A1

Bothersome thirst

1.78

1.26

309.00

252.29

0.000

A&A2

Difficulties chewing

1.43

1.08

302.81

264.77

0.000

A&A3

Sugar cravings

2.26

2.16

293.26

285.04

0.560

A&A4

Poor appetite

1.72

1.25

310.10

253.19

0.000

A&A5

Alcohol, how often

2.30

2.96

255.27

348.50

0.000

A&A6

Alcohol, how many glasses on a typical day

2.31

2.24

210.66

205.34

0.633

A&A7

Alcohol, how often 6 or more glasses

1.49

1.47

275.37

282.89

0.521

A&A8

Appetite affecting QoL

1.91

1.22

141.88

97.53

0.000

A&A9

Worrying about your appetite

1.34

1.09

299.26

264.46

0.000

A&A10

Alcohol affecting QoL

1.15

1.10

211.06

209.65

0.772

A&A11

Worrying about alcohol

1.14

1.14

282.87

292.09

0.203