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Table 1 Characteristics of the population

From: Assessing oral comprehension with an eye tracking based innovative device in critically ill patients and healthy volunteers: a cohort study

 

Healthy

volunteers

Patients

N

60

53

Age (years) (Median [IQR])

54 [27, 70]

64[48, 71]

Sex Male (%)

21 (35)

33 (62)

Bachelor’s degree (%)

39 (70)

13 (27)

Laterality (%)

Ambidextrous

2 (3)

2 (4)

Right-Handed

56 (93)

46 (89)

Left-Handed

2 (3)

4 (8)

Hearing Aid (%)

4 (7)

2 (4)

Visual Aid (%)

44 (73)

41 (77)

Eyeglasses (%)

42 (96)

41 (100)

Neurological History (%)

None

58 (97)

40 (76)

Strokes

1 (2)

8 (15)

Neurodegenerative Pathology

0 (0)

3 (6)

Head Injury

0 (0)

1 (2)

Tumor

1 (2)

1 (2)

Psychiatric History (%)

None

57 (95)

45 (85)

Bipolar Disorder

1 (2)

4 (8)

Depressive Syndrome

2 (3)

3 (6)

Anxiety Disorders

0 (0)

1 (2)

Previous ICU Hospitalization (%)

2 (3)

7 (13)

Usual Treatment by Benzodiazepines (%)

0 (0)

3 (6)

Usual Treatment by Neuroleptics (%)

0 (0)

0 (0)

  1. IQR interquartile range