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Table 3 Neuropsychological tests results

From: Long-term neurocognitive outcome is not worsened by of the use of venovenous ECMO in severe ARDS patients

Variables

Non-ECMO (n = 18)

ECMO (n = 22)

p Value

Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-A)

4 [2–12]

5 [2–5, 5–14]

1

Depressive symptoms severity

0.87

 Minimal/mild (BDI-A score 0–7)

11 (61)

14 (64)

 

 Moderate/severe (BDI-A score ≥ 8)

7 (39)

8 (36)

 

Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI)

15 [10–32]

16 [6–29]

0.80

Anxiety symptom severity

0.53

 Minimal/mild (BAI score 0–15)

10 (56)

10 (46)

 

 Moderate/severe (BAI score 16–63)

8 (44)

12 (55)

 

Impact of Event Scale (IES)

 Intrusion subscale score

12 [6–17]

17 [5–30]

0.31

 Avoidance subscale score

12 [5–21]

4 [2–14]

0.12

 Total score

23 [13–36]

18 [9–41]

0.69

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

8 (44)

7 (33)

0.48

  1. Data are provided as numbers (%) for categorical variables and as medians [25th–75th percentiles] for continuous variables