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Table 2 Change in medication use from baseline stratified by delirium onset

From: Clinical characteristics associated with the onset of delirium among long-term nursing home residents

Medications

Delirium onset

(N = 634 / 40.4%)

No Delirium onset

(N = 937 / 59.6%)

Antidepressants

8.0% (< 0.001)

5.6% (< 0.001)

Antipsychotics

5.5% (< 0.001)

−1.9% (0.05)

Anxiolytics

−0.9% (0.52)

−0.1% (0.92)

Analgesics

8.7% (< 0.001)

7.1% (< 0.001)

Mean follow-up in yearsa (SD)

1.7 (1.3)

2.2 (1.7)

  1. Comparison to baseline based on McNemar’s test for paired binary variables
  2. aThe cohort was followed until delirium incidence, death or discharge
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BMC Geriatrics

ISSN: 1471-2318

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