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Table 1 Percentage of patients with new impairments at 1 year, by reason for admission

From: Post-intensive care syndrome (PICS): recent updates

New Impairment

Reason for ICU admission

Urgent Surgery

(n = 284)

Medical

(n = 649)

Elective Surgery

(n = 1,412)

Fatiguea

45

36

24

Depression symptomsb

20

18

10

Anxiety symptomsb

20

14

9

Frailtyc

12

12

4

PTSD symptomsd

6

6

4

  1. Data from a prospective cohort study across 4 hospitals in the Netherlands between 2016 and 2019 [7]
  2. PTSD: post-traumatic stress disorder
  3. aMeasured using 8-item subscale of the 20-Item Checklist Individual Strength (CIS-20)
  4. bMeasured using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)
  5. cMeasured using the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS)
  6. dMeasured using the Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R)
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Journal of Intensive Care

ISSN: 2052-0492