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 |