Table 3.

SF-36 questionnaire scores

Survey	SF-36 item	No delirium	Delirium	p (*)	VD.A (**)
SF-36 performed two years after hospital discharge, median, [IQR]	Limitations of activities	67.5 [35–85]	40 [2, 15–66]	< 0.001	0.707 b
	Physical health problems	75 [25–100]	25 [0–75]	0.002	0.68 b
	Emotional health problems	100 [7–100]	33.3 [0–100]	0.005	0.656 b
	Energy	50 [30–70]	35 [15–50]	0.004	0.689 b
	Mental health	56 [40–72]	36 [28–60]	0.001	0.705 b
	Social activities	75 [5, 50–87]	50 [25–75]	0.004	0.68 b
	Pain	77.5 [65–100]	67.5 [5, 45–77]	0.03	0.639 b
	General health	45 [35–50]	40 [25–45]	< 0.001	0.713 a
	One-year health transition	50 [30–50]	25 [25–50]	< 0.001	0.307 b

IQR interquartile range, VD.A  Vargha and Delaney’s

(*) = Wilcoxon signed-rank test for related samples

(**) = Regarding size effect with VD.A:

^aLarge effect (≥ 0.71 or ≤ 0.29)

^bModerate effect (0.64–0.71 < or > 0.29–0.34)

^cSmall effect (between 0.56–0.64 or 0.34–0.44). Values close to 1 or 0 indicate a strong intensity of the mean difference