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Table 3 SF-36 questionnaire scores

From: Functional independence, frailty and perceived quality of life in patients who developed delirium during ICU stay: a prospective cohort study

Survey

SF-36 item

No delirium

Delirium

p (*)

VD.A (**)

SF-36 performed two years after hospital discharge, median, [IQR]

Limitations of activities

67.5 [35–85]

40 [2, 15–66]

 < 0.001

0.707 b

Physical health problems

75 [25–100]

25 [0–75]

0.002

0.68 b

Emotional health problems

100 [7–100]

33.3 [0–100]

0.005

0.656 b

Energy

50 [30–70]

35 [15–50]

0.004

0.689 b

Mental health

56 [40–72]

36 [28–60]

0.001

0.705 b

Social activities

75 [5, 50–87]

50 [25–75]

0.004

0.68 b

Pain

77.5 [65–100]

67.5 [5, 45–77]

0.03

0.639 b

General health

45 [35–50]

40 [25–45]

 < 0.001

0.713 a

One-year health transition

50 [30–50]

25 [25–50]

 < 0.001

0.307 b

  1. IQR interquartile range, VD.A  Vargha and Delaney’s
  2. (*) = Wilcoxon signed-rank test for related samples
  3. (**) = Regarding size effect with VD.A:
  4. aLarge effect (≥ 0.71 or ≤ 0.29)
  5. bModerate effect (0.64–0.71 < or > 0.29–0.34)
  6. cSmall effect (between 0.56–0.64 or 0.34–0.44). Values close to 1 or 0 indicate a strong intensity of the mean difference