Table 1 Age, severity, LOS, IPPV days Mean values for age and SAPS II and median values for *LOS and **IPPV days (hours/24). Comparison of medical and surgical ICU patients, and of ICU patients with increasing and patients with decreasing summarized SF-36 scores from 6 months to 2 years after ICU discharge. Differences between the groups are shown with corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CI) or p-values (the Mann-Whitney test).

100

51.9 (16.4)

36.7 (13.4)

3.0 (1.0 – 28.9)

1.8 (0.2 – 23.8)

74

52.1 (15.9)

36.5 (12.5)

3.0 (1.0 – 28.9)

1.9 (0.3 – 23.8)

n = 53

26

51.4 (17.8)

37.1 (16.1)

3.1 (1.0 – 16.4)

1.5 (0.2 – 13.8)

n = 19

0.7

-6.6 to 8.0

0.6

-5.4 to 6.6

p = 0.937 ^a

p = 0.736 ^a

40

55.3 (17.0)

37.2 (11.5)

2.7 (1.0 – 26.7)

1.8 (0.2 – 18.3)

n = 29

60

49.7 (15.7)

36.3 (14.6)

3.2 (1.0 – 28.9)

1.7 (0.3 – 23.8)

n = 43

5.6

-1.0 to 12.2

0.9

-4.5 to 6.3

p = 0.353 ^a

p = 1.0 ^a