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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