Table 1 Characteristics of the study population of patients with delirium (N = 77).
From: Incomplete functional recovery after delirium in elderly people: a prospective cohort study
Patient characteristics | Value | N | |
|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | mean (SD) | 78.5 (7.2) | 77 |
range | 64–93 years | ||
Sex – male | N (%) | 34 (44%) | 77 |
Duration of admission | mean days (SD) | 38.6 (47.8) | 77 |
median (interquartile range) | 24 (15–41) | ||
range | 1–292 | ||
Duration of Delirium | mean days (SD) | 6.3 (6.1) | 77 |
median (interquartile range) | 5 (2–7) | ||
range | 1–35 | ||
Medications or alcohol as cause of delirium | N (%) | 30 (39%) | 76 |
Cause of delirium | N (%) | 76 | |
Medications, alcohol | 30 (39%) | ||
Infection | 8 (11%) | ||
Cardiac | 12 (16%) | ||
Metabolic | 2 (3%) | ||
Other | 24 (32%) | ||
Agitation present | N (%) | 12 (18%) | 65 |
Poor recognition of delirium | N (%) | 25 (32%) | 77 |
GSS – Frailty | N (%) | 77 | |
1 – healthy, independent | 4 (5%) | ||
2 – mild impairment | 10 (13%) | ||
3 – moderate impair. | 26 (34%) | ||
4 – moderate-severe | 25 (33%) | ||
5 – severe impairment | 10 (13%) | ||
6 – totally dependent | 2 (3%) | ||
7 – terminally ill | 0 | ||
Dementia | 77 | ||
None | 44 (57%) | ||
Mild dementia | 14 (18%) | ||
Moderate dementia | 15 (19%) | ||
Severe dementia | 4 (5%) | ||
MMSE score/30 (SD) (on initial assessment) | range 0–27 | 12.5 (7.4) | 75 |
Barthel Index score (SD) | range | ||
Pre-morbid | 42–100 | 86.6 (17.4) | 77 |
At hospital discharge | 0–100 | 78.9 (24.9) | 71 |
At 6 month follow-up | 6–100 | 78.2 (22.3) | 50 |
Mean change in Barthel Index (SD) | |||
Pre-morbid to discharge | -8.9 (19.7) | 71 | |
Pre-morbid to 6 month | -12.7 (16.9) | 50 | |
Functional decline | N (%) | ||
At hospital discharge | 26 (37%) | 70 | |
At 6 months | 27 (54%) | 50 | |