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Table 1 Demographic and baseline characteristics

From: Is preoperative anxiety associated with postoperative delirium in older persons undergoing cardiac surgery? Secondary data analysis of a randomized controlled trial

 

Sample n = 190

Delirious n = 78

Non-delirous n = 112

OR (95% CI)

Age, mean (SD)

75.7 (5.9)

77.4 (5.8)

74.5 (5.6)

1.09 (1.04–1.15)

Male gender, n (%)

99 (52.1)

43 (55)

56 (50)

1.22 (0.69–2.19)

Living situation, n (%)

 Alone

50 (26.3)

21 (26.9)

29 (25.9)

1.05 (0.55–2.03)

 Together

140 (73.7)

57 (73.1)

83 (74.1)

0.95 (0.49–1.83)

Educational level, n (%)

  < age 15

78 (41.3)

35 (44.9)

43 (38.7)

1.95 (0.82–4.63)

 Age 16–18

77 (40.7)

33 (42.3)

44 (39.6)

0.92 (0.49–1.74)

 College or university

34 (18.0)

10 (12.8)

24 (21.6)

0.51 (0.22–1.21)

Treatment allocation, n (%)

 Intervention

94 (49.5)

37 (47.4)

57 (50.9)

0.87 (0.49–1.55)

Anxiety measures

 APAIS-A score (4–20), mean (SD)

9.1 (3.8)

8.9 (43.8)

9.2 (3.8)

0.98 (0.91–1.06)

 APAIS-A score ≥ 11, n (%)

59 (31.1)

21 (26.9)

38 (33.9)

0.72 (0.38–1.35)

 APAIS-NFI (2–10), mean (SD)

5.4 (2.5)

5.0 (2.4)

5.6 (2.5)

0.91 (0.81–1.03)

 APAIS-NFI score ≥ 5, n (%)

111 (58.4)

42 (53.9)

69 (61.6)

0.73 (0.40–1.31)

 VAS-A for Anaesthesia (0–100), median (IQR)

24 (39)

25 (42)

22 (39.5)

1.00 (0.99–1.02)

 VAS-A for Surgery (0–100), median (IQR)

37 (42)

37.5 (43)

37 (42)

0.99 (0.98–1.01)

Pre-operative Mini-Mental State Examination score (0–30), mean (SD)

27.8 (2.1)

27.5 (1.9)

28.0 (2.2)

0.88 (0.77–1.01)

Geriatric Depression Scale (0–10), median (IQR)

1 (2)

1 (2)

1 (2)

1.05 (0.88–1.26)

Katz ADL index (0–12), median (IQR)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0.95 (0.73–1.25)

Smoking status (Yes), n (%)

12 (6.3)

4 (5.1)

8 (7.1)

1.13 (0.83–1.52)

Drinking status (Yes), n (%)

70 (36.8)

23 (29.5)

47 (42.0)

0.68 (0.40–1.16)

Diabetes mellitus (Yes), n (%)

48 (25.3)

26 (33.3)

22 (19.6)

2.05 (1.05–3.97)

25-hydroxy vitamin D (25-OHD) (nmol/l), median (IQR)

22.4 (15.2)

20.7 (12.6)

24.2 (18.9)

0.98 (0.92–1.04)

  1. Legend: APAIS Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety and Information Scale, APAIS-A Anxiety subscale of APAIS scale, APAIS-NFI need for information subscale of APAIS scale, VAS-A Visual Analogue Scale for anxiety, ADL activities of daily living, IQR interquartile range