Cognitive Impairment and Fatigue in Intensive Care Patients Three Months after the Acute Phase of COVID-19 Infection: Follow-Up with Focus on Differences between the First and Later Waves of the Pandemic
Table 2
Comparison of sociodemographics and treatment at ICU between the time periods wave 1 and 2, respectively.
Wave 1 ()
Wave 2+ ()
value
Age mean (SD)
57 (9)
56 (13)
0.706
Gender
Female
7 (20.5%)
8 (21%)
0.634
Male
27 (79.5%)
33 (89%)
Fluent in Swedish
31 (91%)
26 (81%)
0.240
Not fluent
3 (9%)
6 (19%)
Missing
0 (0%)
5 (16%)
Level of education
≤12 years
14 (61%)
14 (58%)
0.859
>12 years
9 (39%)
10 (42%)
Smoking
1 (3%)
1 (3%)
0.434
Former smoker
12 (35%)
15 (41%)
Not smoking
21 (61%)
20 (56%)
Missing
0
1 (3%)
Preconditions
Hypertension
14 (41%)
22 (59%)
0.124
Diabetes
6 (18%)
10 (27%)
0.345
Lung disease
4 (12%)
3 (8%)
0.606
Heart/vascular disease
4 (12%)
2 (5%)
0.336
Days at ICU mean (SD)
26 (21)
9 (10)
<0.001
Treatment ICU
Intubation
33 (97%)
17 (46%)
<0.001
Cortisone
7 (21%)
36 (97%)
<0.001
Remdesivir
0 (0%)
26 (70%)
<0.001
Values are displayed as frequencies and percentages except for age and days at ICU, which are displayed as mean and standard deviation (SD). values for differences between the waves are presented. Chi-square test was used for discrepancy analyses except for age and days at ICU, where independent samples -test was used.
