Physical functioning domain scores were available for 96 survivors (39 patients with ICU-acquired weakness).
The G3 "Health and functioning" domain was the only QLI score below 19, indicating poorer QOL.
All the results from equivalence tests were significant indicating good equivalence, excluding Sexual functioning domain.
The SAQLI items were organised into 5 domains to measure the impact of OSA on patients' daily functioning (domain A), social interactions (domain B), emotional functioning (domain C), symptoms (domain D), and treatment-related symptoms (domain E).
Moreover, except for the G3 "Health and functioning" domain, QLI scores were not low enough to qualify as poor QOL.
Other studies also failed to demonstrate a correlation between the ABI and the SF36 Physical functioning domain and the EuroQol [ 25, 29, 30].
As expected, because of the activity level recruitment criteria, the greatest differences between the groups was in QLI satisfaction scores in the "Health and functioning" domain.
The psychosocial health dimension exhibited lower scores, both in the children's and the parents' perception, and the school functioning domain exhibited the lowest score.
The symptoms domain inquired about discomfort/distress related to pain, while the emotional functioning domain addressed the patients' fears of two major complications, fractures and falling.
Four of these were in the Physical/social functioning domain.
For 21.9% of the frail subjects, the Psychosocial Functioning domain contributed exclusively to the GFI scores.
