Skip to main content

Table 2 Demographics of the participants

From: The physical and mental impact of surviving sepsis – a qualitative study of experiences and perceptions among a Swedish sample

Age

Gender

Type of interview

Type of infection

ICU

Long-term effects

Comorbiditybefore sepsis

Comorbidity after sepsis

Sepsis episode

Date of interview

22

Female

In person

Thrombo

phlebitis

No

Pain, fever, fatigue

Chiari- malformation

Postural tachycardia syndrome (POTS)

January 2019

April 2019

31

Male

In person

Upper respiratory infection

Yes

Cognitive impairment, amputation, wounds, pain, fatigue, pondering

No

No

March 2018

March 2019

38

Female

In person

After childbirth, Sectio

No

Cognitive impairment, impaired short-term memory, fatigue, pondering, depression

No

No

July 2018

March 2019

41

Female

Telephone

Erysipelas

Yes

Frailty of the body, fatigue

No

No

Nov 2017

April 2019

45

Female

Telephone

Pneumonia

Yes

Cognitive impairment, depression, loss self-esteem, fatigue

No

No

Jan 2019

April 2019

51

Male

In person

Influenza

Yes

Cognitive impairment, depression, sleeping problems, loss selfesteem

Pacemaker PM/ICD and

Sarcoidosis

No

Jan 2018

April 2019

56

Male

Telephone

Pneumonia

Yes

Total loss of HRQoL, dependent on help with ADL pain, wounds

Diabetes

Myocardial infarction

Dec 2015

April 2019

58

Male

Telephone

Pneumonia

No

Pain, fatigue, sleeping problems

No

No

March 2018

April 2019

  1. The interviews were conducted over 5 weeks between 21/3–24/4 2019. Information on sepsis forum was published in the end of Febrauary 2019, and the first respondent made contact after 2,5 weeks