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Table 3 Mean baseline scores (both sum score and subscales) of the Severe Respiratory Insufficiency questionnaire in patients treated with long-term mechanical ventilation between 2008 and 2014

From: Health-related quality of life as predictor for mortality in patients treated with long-term mechanical ventilation

SRI

Survivors (n = 60)

 

Deceased (n = 52)

P valueb

na

mean (SD)

na

mean (SD)

SRI- Sum Score (SS)

58

60.0 (18.3)

47

48.4 (16.8)

0.001

SRI- Physical Functioning (PF)

59

45.9 (23.0)

50

26.9 (21.3)

< 0.001

SRI- Respiratory Complaints (RC)

59

61.0 (22.4)

50

51.1 (22.6)

0.02

SRI- Attendant Symptoms and Sleep (AS)

59

53.3 (20.1)

50

55.8 (20.2)

0.53

SRI- Social Relationships (SR)

59

70.7 (24.4)

49

59.0 (21.8)

0.01

SRI- Anxiety (AX)

59

64.2 (27.5)

49

52.9 (27.2)

0.03

SRI- Psychological Well-Being (WB)

58

66.2 (22.0)

47

52.3 (22.9)

0.002

SRI- Social Functioning (SF)

59

56.5 (24.6)

49

39.1 (18.7)

< 0.001

  1. Abbreviations: SRI, Severe Respiratory Insufficiency; SD, standard deviation
  2. a Numbers do not add to 60 and 52 due to missing in the Severe Respiratory Insufficiency questionnaire
  3. b By two-sample t-test