Delirium detection in hospitalized adults: the performance of the 4 'A's Test and the modified Confusion Assessment Method for the Emergency Department. A comparison study

Bulletin of the National Research Centre

Table 2 Patient characteristics divided into delirium and no delirium

	Total sample		Delirium		No delirium		P value
	N = 116	%	N = 8	6.9% ⃰	N = 108	93.1%
Age in years^‡							.072
Median (IQ)	73.0 (56.3; 83.0)		83.0 (62.3; 87.0)		72.5 (56.3; 82.8)
Range	19–98		54–96		19–98
Sex^†							1.000
Female	49	42.2%	3	37.5%	46	42.6%
Male	67	57.8%	5	62.5%	62	57.4%
Neurocognitive impairment^†							.167
Dementia	11	9.5%	2	25.0%	9	8.3%
No dementia	105	90.5%	6	75.0%	99	91.7%
Ward^£							.345
Surgical wards	39	33.6%	1	12.5%	38	35.2%
Medical wards	77	66.4%	7	87.5%	70	64.8%
Medications
Neuroleptics^†	26	22.4%	3	37.5%	23	21.3%	.376
Benzodiazepines^†	25	21.6%	1	12.5%	24	22.2%	1.000
Z-Drugs^†	18	15.5%	4	50.0%	14	13.0%	0.020

IQ interquartile Q₁, Q₃, % percentage, ^‡Mann–Whitney-U-Test, ^†Fishers exact Test, ⃰ assessed with the modified Confusion Assessment Method for the Emergency Department (gold standard)