Pulmonary Infection Is an Independent Risk Factor for Long-Term Mortality and Quality of Life for Sepsis Patients

Table 2

One-year HR-QoL (EQ-5D) of sepsis survivors and comparison between pulmonary-sepsis and abdominal-sepsis.

Variable	Sepsis responders	Pulmonary-sepsis	Abdominal-sepsis
	Mobility
No problems	170 (81.3)	70 (72.2)	91 (92.9)
Some problems	25 (12.0)	18 (18.6)	5 (5.1)
Extreme problems	14 (6.7)	9 (9.3)	2 (2.0)
Self-care
No problems	183 (87.6)	78 (80.4)	95 (96.9)
Some problems	10 (4.8)	8 (8.2)	1 (1.0)
Extreme problems	16 (7.7)	11 (11.3)	2 (2.0)
Usual activity
No problems	169 (80.9)	67 (69.1)	93 (94.9)
Some problems	25 (12.0)	20 (20.6)	3 (3.1)
Extreme problems	15 (7.2)	10 (10.3)	2 (2.0)
Pain/discomfort
No problems	139 (66.5)	56 (57.7)	72 (73.5)
Some problems	64 (30.6)	39 (40.2)	23 (23.5)
Extreme problems	6 (2.9)	2 (2.1)	3 (3.1)	0.505
Anxiety/depression
No problems	169 (80.9)	72 (74.2)	86 (87.8)
Some problems	35 (16.7)	23 (23.7)	10 (10.2)
Extreme problems	5 (2.4)	2 (2.1)	2 (2.0)	1.000
EQ5D index (IQR)	0.848 (0.729–0.848)	0.768 (0.668–0.848)	0.848 (0.768–0.848)
EQ-VAS (IQR)	80 (68.7–90)	75 (60–85)	80 (70–90)

Data was presented as (%). Patients who refused to finish the questionnaire were excluded. .