Research Article

Sentiment Analysis Based on the Nursing Notes on In-Hospital 28-Day Mortality of Sepsis Patients Utilizing the MIMIC-III Database

Table 3

COX regression analysis of the association between sentiments and 28-day mortality.

VariablesUnivariate analysisMultivariate analysis
HR (95% CI)HR (95% CI)

Sentiment polarity score0.458 (0.401, 0.524)<0.0010.499 (0.409, 0.610)<0.001-0.694
Sentiment subjectivity score0.863 (0.657, 1.133)0.2890.710 (0.559, 0.902)0.005-0.342
SAPS-II score1.040 (1.036, 1.045)<0.0011.034 (1.029, 1.040)<0.0010.034
Age (<40) (years)
 40-593.027 (1.955, 4.687)<0.0011.217 (0.781, 1.886)0.3850.196
 60-691.462 (0.941, 2.272)0.0911.479 (0.943, 2.321)0.0890.391
 70-742.074 (1.328, 3.238)0.0011.048 (0.637, 1.723)0.8540.047
 75-791.584 (0.969, 2.591)0.0671.030 (0.629, 1.687)0.9060.030
 ≥801.721 (1.058, 2.799)0.0291.612 (1.032, 2.520)0.0360.478
Gender (female)
 Male1.104 (0.936, 1.301)0.2401.104 (0.934, 1.306)0.2450.099
ICU type (CCU)
 CSRU0.335 (0.206, 0.545)<0.0010.397 (0.243, 0.650)<0.001-0.923
 MICU0.475 (0.351, 0.643)<0.0010.527 (0.388, 0.715)<0.001-0.641
 SICU0.254 (0.179, 0.361)<0.0010.299 (0.210, 0.426)<0.001-1.208
 TSICU0.240 (0.163, 0.354)<0.0010.280 (0.190, 0.414)<0.001-1.272

SAPS-II: Simplified Acute Physiology Score II; ICU: intensive care unit; CCU: coronary care unit; CSRU: cardiac surgery recovery unit; MICU: medical intensive care unit; SICU: surgical intensive care unit; TSICU: trauma/surgical intensive care unit; HR: hazard ratio; 95% CI: 95% confidence interval.