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Table 5 Patients with CI given doses of antipsychotic, hypnotic or sedative medications during the hospital stay

From: Impact of a dementia-friendly program on detection and management of patients with cognitive impairment and delirium in acute-care hospital units: a controlled clinical trial design

Characteristics

Control

N = 102

Intervention

N = 90

P-value

Patients with CI given doses of antipsychotic, hypnotic or sedative medications

 n (%)

42 (41.2)

15 (16.7)

 < 0.0011

 1 medication, n (%)

20 (19.6)

6 (6.7)

 

 2 medications, n (%)

6 (5.9)

4 (4.4)

0.0041

 3 medications, n (%)

11 (10.8)

2 (2.2)

 

 4 medications or more, n (%)

5 (4.9)

3 (3.3)

 

 Mean (SD)

1.1 (2.3)

0.4 (1.0)

0.0072

  1. 1P-value for χ2-test, 2P-value for independent samples t-test