Table 3 Univariable analyses for prediction of fatigue in ICU-admitted individuals at one year after COVID-19.

From: Prevalence of fatigue at one-year follow-up from the Gothenburg recovery and rehabilitation after COVID-19 and intensive care unit study

Predictor

Univariable analysis

Odds ratio (95% CI)

P-value

Dependent variable: A total score ≥ 22 of the Swedish Fatigue Assessment Scale (n = 104*)

Age

0.96 (0.92–0.99)

0.042

Female sex (male sex = ref.)

1.54 (0.58–4.21)

0.37

Length of stay in ICU

1.04 (1.00–1.07)

0.032

Hypertension

1.12 (0.50–2.53)

0.79

Diabetes mellitus

1.76 (0.63–4.94)

0.29

Coronary heart disease

1.06 (0.42–2.68)

0.91

Asthma

4.20 (0.50–35.54)

0.19

Sepsis

0.93 (0.42–2.08)

0.85

Embolic event

2.90 (0.33–25.84)

0.34

ARDS

0.90 (0.75–1.08)

0.26

Dependent variable: A physical fatigue score of ≥ 11 of the Swedish Fatigue Assessment Scale (n = 105)

Age

0.99 (0.95–1.02)

0.42

Female sex (male sex = ref.)

1.34 (0.50–3.60)

0.57

Length of stay in ICU

1.06 (1.02–1.11)

0.006

Hypertension

1.87 (0.79–4.40)

0.15

Diabetes mellitus

1.50 (0.53–4.22)

0.45

Coronary heart disease

2.00 (0.72–5.54)

0.18

Asthma

3.31 (0.36–26.78)

0.31

Sepsis

0.59 (0.25–1.35)

0.21

ARDS

0.85 (0.71–1.03)

0.10

Embolic event

2.54 (0.29–22.63)

0.41

Dependent variable: A mental fatigue score of ≥ 11 of the Swedish Fatigue Assessment Scale (n = 104*)

Age

0.96 (0.92–0.99)

0.02

Female sex (male sex = ref.)

1.92 (0.74–4.96)

0.18

Length of stay in ICU

0.98 (0.96–1.00)

0.10

Hypertension

0.75 (0.34–1.65)

0.48

Diabetes mellitus

2.07 (0.77–5.57)

0.15

Coronary heart disease

1.33 (0.54–3.31)

0.54

Asthma

1.32 (0.30–5.85)

0.71

Sepsis

1.18 (0.54–2.57)

0.69

ARDS

0.92 (0.77–1.10)

0.36

Embolic event

1.59 (0.28–9.11)

0.60

  1. CI confidence interval, ICU intensive care unit, ARDS acute respiratory distress syndrome.
  2. *Interval estimation failed to calculate the dichotomized S-FAS total score for one of the 105 participants.
  3. Significant values are given in bold.