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Table 18 Means and mean rank sums for the domain on work life—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

Work1

Same type of work in 2 years' time

2.00

1.69

148.21

101.97

0.000

Work2

Capacity for work and physical demands

3.94

3.21

268.14

154.45

0.000

Work3

Capacity for work and psychological demands

3.57

2.88

259.49

162.66

0.000

Work9

Work problems affecting QoL

3.00

2.63

107.11

76.60

0.000

Work10

Financial problems affecting QoL

3.67

2.74

116.06

69.81

0.000

Work11

Worry about future working life

2.38

1.94

240.81

209.20

0.003

Work12

Worry about future work capacity

2.42

2.08

247.13

200.36

0.000

Work13

Worry about future finances

3.15

2.24

271.78

213.25

0.000