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Table 1 Characteristics of participants

From: A comprehensive description of self-reported health and life satisfaction in cardiac arrest survivors

Variables

All (n = 212)

IHCA (n = 136)

OHCA (n = 76)

p-value

Sex, n (%)

   

0.980b

Male

162 (76.4)

104 (76.5)

58 (76.3)

 

Female

50 (23.6)

32 (23.5)

18 (23.7)

 

Age, mean (SD) [min/max]

66.6 (11.9) [30–90]

68.5 (11.0) [43–90]

63.0 (12.6) [30–85]

0.002a

Country of birth, n (%)

   

1.000c

Sweden

202 (95.3)

129 (94.9)

73 (96.1)

 

Other country

10 (4.7)

7 (5.1)

3 (3.9)

 

Number of children, Mdn (IQR)

2 (1)

2 (1.5)

2 (1)

0.005a

Cohabitation, n (%)

   

0.327b

Living alone

38 (17.9)

27 (19.9)

11 (14.5)

 

Cohabiting

174 (82.1)

109 (80.1)

65 (85.5)

 

Occupation, n (%)

   

< 0.001c

Working

64 (30.2)

26 (19.1)

38 (50.0)

 

Retired

134 (63.2)

101 (74.3)

33 (43.4)

 

Other

14 (6.6)

9 (6.6)

5 (6.6)

 

Education, n (%)

   

0.276c

Lower than secondary school

11 (5.2)

8 (5.9)

3 (4.0)

 

secondary school

60 (28.3)

41 (30.2)

19 (25.0)

 

upper secondary school

88 (41.5)

59 (43.4)

29 (38.2)

 

University

53 (25.0)

28 (20.6)

25 (32.9)

 

Economics, n (%) d

   

0.767a

Very good

43 (20.3)

30 (22.1)

13 (17.1)

 

Good

147 (69.3)

90 (66.2)

57 (75.0)

 

Poor

20 (9.4)

14 (10.3)

6 (7.9)

 

Very poor

1 (0.5)

1 (0.74)

0

 

ICD, n (%)

   

0.411b

Yes

76 (35.9)

46 (33.8)

30 (39.5)

 

No

136 (64.4)

90 (66.2)

46 (60.5)

 

PCI, n (%)

   

0.119b

Yes

139 (65.6)

84 (61.8)

55 (72.4)

 

No

73 (34.4)

52 (38.2)

21 (27.6)

 

Co-morbidity, n (%)

   

0.399b

Yes

89 (42.0)

60 (44.1)

29 (38.2)

 

No

123 (58.0)

76 (55.9)

47 (61.8)

 

Medical treatment for emotional distress, n (%)

   

0.520b

No

182 (85.8)

115 (84.6)

67 (88.2)

 

Yes

30 (14.2)

21 (15.4)

9 (11.8)

 

Healthcare contacts after SCA, n (%)

   

0.194a

No

124 (58.5)

84 (61.8)

40 (52.6)

 

Yes 1 to 2 times

61 (28.8)

37 (27.2)

24 (31.6)

 

Yes 3 to 5 times

23 (10.8)

11 (8.1)

12 (15.8)

 

Yes more than 5 times

4 (1.9)

4 (2.9)

0

 
  1. a Mann-Whitney U test, b Chi-squared test, c Fishers’ exact test, d Based on n = 211
  2. IHCA = In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest, OHCA = Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest