Table 1 Patient and admission characteristics

From: A retrospective cross-sectional study showing wearable smartwatches enhance patient safety and efficiency in the intensive care unit

Indicators

Smart Watch Group

Control Group

Z/χ2

P

APACHEII

19 (15–24)

21 (16–27)

3.13

0.0017

Age

62 (51–71)

64 (53–72)

0.97

0.33

Gender

  

0.03

0.86

 male

191 (60.63)

176 (61.32)

  

 female

124 (39.37)

111 (38.68)

  

Days of mechanical ventilation

3 (2–6)

4 (2–11)

2.97

0.0029

Days in department

3 (2–7)

4 (2–11)

3.26

0.0011

Death in the hospital

  

0.66

0.41

 yes

30 (9.52)

22 (7.67)

  

 no

285 (90.48)

265 (92.33)

  
  1. Bracketed numbers indicate the percentage (%) of each group in Gender and Death in the hospital; the other meaning is interquartile range [M(P25, P75)].