The q-SOFA score was calculated for all patients, and a patient with
qSOFA Score ≥2 was categorized as high risk (Seymour et al., 2016).
Outcomes included days of hospital stay, any event of intubation, ICU
admission, and in-hospital death.
Statistical
analysis
Categorical variables were described in frequencies and percentages.
Quantitative variables were described with the mean (Standard deviation
(SD)) or median and [Q1 – Q3]. Parametric and nonparametric tests,
including t-test and Mann-Whitney test for comparing quantitative
variables and Chi-squared test for comparing categorical variables were
used. In a first step, variables showing associations at a significance
level of α=0.20 in a univariable logistic models were selected for
inclusion in the multivariable logistic model for adjustment.
Statistical analyses were performed using Stata (Corp. 2009. Stata
Statistical Software: Release 11. College Station, TX: StataCorp LP.).
Statistical significance was defined as P<0.05.