Table 1 Characteristics of the study participants
From: Acute disease induced cognitive dysfunction in older patients – an unrecognized syndrome
n (%) or mean (sd) | |
|---|---|
Age in years at day of admission to hospital | 80.8 (7.3) |
Sex | |
male | 40 (38.8) |
female | 63 (61.2) |
years of education | |
> 12 years | 63 (61.2) |
≤12 years | 40 (38.8) |
Main treatment diagnosis | |
osteoarthritis/fractures | 34 (33) |
cardiovascular | 21 (20.4) |
immobility/falls | 21 (20.4) |
stroke/neurodegenerative/delirium | 14 (13.6) |
Infection | 5 (4.9) |
Various | 8 (7.8) |
length of hospital stay (days) | 15.5 (8.9) |
Barthel-Index | 48.4 (16.1)a |
Depression in Old Age Scale (DIA-S) | 3.1 (2.2) |
no depressive symptoms (0–2 pts.) | 47 (45.6) |
mild to moderate depressive symptoms (3 pts.) | 16 (15.5) |
severe depressive symptoms (4–10 pts.) | 40 (38.8) |
Frail Scale | 3.5 (1.1) |
robust (0 pts.) | 1 (1.0) |
pre-frail (1–2 pts.) | 21 (20.4) |
frail (3–5 pts.) | 81 (78.6) |
SARC-F questionnaire | |
low risk (0–3 pts.) | 9 (8.7) |
high risk (≥4 pts.) | 94 (91.3) |
Hand grip strength maximum value (kg) | 15.5 (8.9)a |
male | 22.9 (6.8)a |
female | 10.7 (6.5)a |
Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA-SF) | |
Normal nutritional status (12–14 pts.) | 9 (9.3) |
At risk of malnutrition (8–11 pts.) | 48 (49.5) |
Malnourished (0–7 pts.) | 40 (41.2) |
Delir during hospital stay | |
no | 91 (88.3) |
yes | 12 (11.7) |
Operation previous 14 days | |
yes | 27 (26.2) |
no | 76 (73.8) |