A 3 months follow-up of functional dependency, muscle strength, balance and endurance in long-stay icu patients; association with rehabilitation programmes

Intensive Care Medicine Experimental

Table 1 Baseline characteristics.

	All (N = 80)	Non-rehab (N = 36)	Rehab (N = 39)	p-value
Age (years)	65[56-73]	65[57-73]	65[56-72]	0.89
APACHE II score	22[16-30]	21[15-24]	29[24-33]	0.001
Admission type
-elective(%)	16	17	15	0.88
-non-elective(%)	84	83	85
Ventilator days	4[3-9]	4[2-6]	5[3-10]	0.044
LOS ICU (days)	23[15-35]	20[13-37]	27[19-34]	0.33
Data are presented as median [IQR]. APACHE Acute physiology and chronic health evaluation, LOS Length of stay, Rehab Rehabilitation programme. P value between subgroups (rehab versus non-rehab)