Predictors of Major Depressive Disorder following Intensive Care of Chronically Critically Ill Patients
Table 1
Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the patients being followed up six months after the transfer from acute ICU to post-acute ICU () and dropouts ().
Characteristics
Patients followed up ()
Dropouts ()
U/χ2
Age (yrs), median (IQR)
61.2 (55.4–64.9)
61.8 (57.0–66.5)
4749.000
0.200 (U)a
Gender, n (%)
Male
94 (71.8)
58 (71.6)
Female
37 (28.2)
23 (28.4)
0.001
0.981 (χ2)b
Family status, n (%)
Single
12 (9.2)
10 (12.3)
Married/cohabited
94 (71.1)
55 (67.9)
Divorced/living apart
17 (13.0)
12 (14.8)
Widowed
8 (6.1)
4 (4.9)
0.910
0.923 (χ2)b
Education, n (%)c
<10 yrs
39 (31.5)
39 (50.6)
≥10 yrs
85 (68.5)
38 (49.4)
7.372
0.007 (χ2)b
ICU stay (days), median (IQR)
62.0 (47.0–90.0)
74.0 (54.0–114.5)
4416.000
0.040 (U)a
Mechanical ventilation (days), median (IQR)
45.0 (28.0–70.0)
51.0 (33.0–83.0)
4639.000
0.125 (U)a
Sepsis, n (%)
No sepsis
44 (33.6)
23 (28.4)
Sepsis
48 (36.6)
32 (39.5)
Severe sepsis or septic shock
39 (29.7)
26 (32.1)
3.270
0.352 (χ2)b
Site of infection, n (%)
Respiratory
63 (48.1)
48 (59.3)
2.502
0.114 (χ2)b
Urinary/genitals
13 (9.9)
6 (7.4)
0.388
0.533 (χ2)b
Abdominal
12 (9.2)
6 (7.4)
0.198
0.656 (χ2)b
Bones/soft tissue
7 (5.3)
3 (3.7)
0.299
0.745 (†)d
Wound infection
2 (1.5)
1 (1.2)
0.031
1.000 (χ2)d
Heart
1 (0.8)
2 (2.5)
1.044
0.559 (χ2)d
Multiple
12 (9.2)
11 (13.6)
1.011
0.315 (χ2)b
Otherse
9 (6.9)
9 (11.1)
1.159
0.282 (χ2)b
Unknown
4 (3.1)
3 (3.7)
0.066
1.000 (χ2)b
Barthel index, median (IQR)
At admission at post-acute ICU, median (IQR)
−175.0 (−225.0 to −95.0)
−200.0 (−225.0 to −127.5)
4850.500
0.289 (U)a
At discharge from post-acute ICU at rehabilitation hospital, mean (IQR)
−30.0 (−80 to 15.0)
−55.0 (−120.0 to −10.0)
4217.500
0.012 (U)a
At discharge from rehabilitation hospital, median (IQR)
65.0 (25.0 to 85.0)
20.0 (−55.0 to 65.0)
3083.500
<0.001 (U)a
a value from the Mann–Whitney U test; b value from χ2-test; cpatients followed up: missing values; patients dropped out: missing values; d value from Fisher’s exact test; epatients followed up: brain (), central venous catheter (), and portsystem (); patients dropped out: central venous catheter (), intracardiac catheter (), nose (), portsystem (), and aorta (); IQR = interquartile range; ASDS = Acute Stress Disorder Scale; ;;.
