65 HRQOL, HEALTHCARE UTILISATION AND BACK-TO-WORK ACTIVITIES IN ICU-SURVIVORS 4 4.3.5 Healthcare utilisation and work participation Overall, there was no difference either in the number of ICU-readmissions within the year after discharge or in rehabilitation intensity between the R and NR-group (Table 2A). Patients made use of six appointments with healthcare professionals (HCP) during the first three months after discharge (Table 2B). During this period of time, patients in the NR-group received home care more often (44 versus 17%, p = 0.013). This difference in the percentage of people receiving home care persisted in the later periods (three to six and nine to twelve months after admission). It was only during the last term that the NR-group made more use of HCP (5 [1–12] over 2 [0–3], p = 0.004). w Throughout the first year after ICU-admission, close to a third of the patients in both groups worked less hours than before ICU-admission (Table 3). Before ICU-admission more than half of patients participated in work activities, with a median total of 4 [0–26] hours of work per week. Shortly after admission, work participation dropped to 15%. More than a third of patients actively participating in work activities did so for less hours than before ICU-admission. After twelve months, work participation was at 30%. Although there was no significant difference in the amount of patients participating in work activities before ICU-admission, the R-group did work more hours per week (p = 0.04). However, at three, six, and twelve months after discharge, the NR-group consistently had a lower number of patients who were able to work (p = 0.004, p = 0.006, p = 0.001, resp.) Figure 2. Course of physical functioning domain scores during the first year after ICU- admission for R-group and NR-group in boxplot with 10-90th percentile whiskers. ** p≤0.01 *** p<0.001. Physical functioning domain score (RAND-36) (0-100) 0 50 100 Recovery Non-recovery Baseline 3m 6m 12m *** *** *** ** ** Below reference value
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