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Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients studied |
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| Characteristic |
All studied patients |
'High-scoring patients' |
'Low-scoring patients' |
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| Risk for development of PTSD, n (percentage) |
65 |
18 (29%) |
44 (71%) |
| PTSD score (mean ± SD) |
28.1 ± 13.9 |
46.3 ± 8.9 |
20.6 ± 7.1a |
| Age, years (mean ± SD) |
39 ± 15 |
41 ± 13 |
39 ± 15 |
| Sex, n (male/female) |
35/30 |
8/10 |
25/19 |
| Period between discharge and study, months (mean ± SD) |
57 ± 32 |
56 ± 33 |
59 ± 31 |
| Lung Injury Score (mean ± SD) |
3.2 ± 0.5 |
3.3 ± 0.5 |
3.2 ± 0.5 |
| APACHE II score (mean ± SD) |
16 ± 6 |
15 ± 4 |
16 ± 6 |
| ICU length of stay, days (mean ± SD) |
47 ± 32 |
59 ± 37.0 |
42 ± 29b |
| Duration of mechanical ventilation, days (mean ± SD) |
30 ± 22 |
37 ± 22 |
27 ± 22 |
| Cause of ARDS, n (percentage within group) |
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| Sepsis |
13 (20) |
5 (28) |
8 (18) |
| Pneumonia |
28 (43) |
7 (39) |
20 (45.5) |
| Multiple trauma |
20 (31) |
5 (28) |
14 (32) |
| Other |
4 (6) |
1 (6) |
2 (4,5) |
| ECMO, n (percentage within group) |
7 (11) |
3 (17) |
4 (9) |
| Current status of employment, n (percentage within group) |
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| Work/training |
29 (46) |
7 (39) |
22 (50) |
| Unemployed/working at home |
5 (8) |
1 (5.5) |
4 (9) |
| Retired |
7 (10) |
1 (5.5) |
6 (14) |
| Disabled |
12 (18) |
8 (44) |
4 (9)b |
| Others |
6 (13) |
1 (5.5) |
5 (11) |
| No data |
3 (5) |
- |
3 (7) |
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In 2 patients (3%) there were no data for PTSD. PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder; SD, standard deviation of the mean; 'high-scoring patients', patients with a Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome 10-Questions Inventory (PTSS-10) score greater than or equal to the cutoff score of 35 points, indicating an increased risk of development of PTSD; 'low-scoring patients', patients with a PTSS-10 score below the cutoff score; APACHE, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; ICU, intensive care unit; ARDS, acute respiratory distress syndrome; ECMO, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Significance was assumed at a two-tailed p < 0.05. aSignificant difference; btrend. | |||
Deja et al. Critical Care 2006 10:R147 doi:10.1186/cc5070 |
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