Table 3

Results of quality of life inventories (in standard values) for sepsis and ICU patients compared to historical norms

	Sepsis					ICU
				Statistical testing					Statistical testing
	n	M	SE	t	p	n	M	SE	t	p
SCL-90-R*
Somatisation	24	111.94	0.451	26.485	<0.001	16	110.42	0.394	26.429	<0.001
Obsessive compulsive	24	110.74	0.347	30.970	<0.001	16	110.11	0.322	31.385	<0.001
Interpersonal sensitivity	24	110.16	0.262	38.798	<0.001	16	109.52	0.149	63.853	<0.001
Depression	24	110.68	0.367	29.070	<0.001	16	109.82	0.237	41.388	<0.001
Anxiety	24	110.77	0.366	29.466	<0.001	16	109.82	0.300	32.703	<0.001
Hostility	24	109.94	0.175	56.821	<0.001	16	109.76	0.167	58.515	<0.001
Phobic anxiety	24	110.85	0.440	24.680	<0.001	16	110.58	0.577	18.325	<0.001
Paranoid ideation	24	110.06	0.219	45.987	<0.001	16	109.81	0.212	46.276	<0.001
Psychoticism	24	110.60	0.389	27.278	<0.001	16	110.01	.267	37.494	<0.001
Global severity index	24	110.93	0.422	25.898	<0.001	16	109.96	0.310	32.112	<0.001
SF-36†
Physical function	24	104.40	0.353	12.502	<0.001	18	104.78	0.411	11.631	<0.001
Role physical	24	104.98	0.341	14.599	<0.001	18	104.88	0.401	12.153	<0.001
Bodily pain	24	105.20	0.249	20.869	<0.001	18	105.11	0.343	14.920	<0.001
General health	24	107.66	0.211	36.384	<0.001	18	107.82	0.238	32.914	<0.001
Vitality	24	108.06	0.176	45.910	<0.001	18	107.98	0.096	83.456	<0.001
Social function	24	105.04	0.239	21.125	<0.001	18	105.10	0.210	24.274	<0.001
Role emotional	24	105.75	0.311	18.479	<0.001	18	105.81	0.320	18.151	<0.001
Mental health	24	107.82	0.213	36.772	<0.001	18	107.83	0.128	61.280	<0.001
Physical health sum	24	105.63	0.103	54.561	<0.001	18	105.69	0.098	58.209	<0.001
Mental health sum	24	106.71	0.162	41.511	<0.001	18	106.72	0.077	87.572	<0.001
BDI‡	24	110.55	0.272	38.785	<0.001	18	110.07	0.230	43.859	<0.001

Scales are negatively poled so that a higher score indicates lower quality of life or lower functioning. Comparison of means to historical norms by one sample two-tailed Student t test; Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons (α=0.001). MANCOVA of SF-36 scores with length of hospitalisation and APACHE II as covariates revealed a significant group differences for Role Emotional (F_(1,26)=8.219; p=0.008, η_p²=0.240). The multivariate test was significant (Wilks-Lamda = 0.333; F_(8,19)=4.760; p=0.002). Bold type indicates statistically significant differences.
*SCL-90-R Norm data: (N=2141).29
†SF-36 Norm data: (N=2000).28
‡BDI Norm data: (N=86).30
APACHE, acute physiology and chronic health evaluation; BDI, Beck Depression Inventory; ICU, intensive care unit; MANCOVA, multivariate analysis of covariance. SCL-90-R, Symptom Check List-90-R; SE, septic encephalopathy; SF-36, Short Form-36 Health Survey.