TABLE 1.
Participant Characteristics
| Characteristics | Patient | Family | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (n = 59)a | Control (n = 31) | Intervention (n = 28) | Total (n = 45) | Control (n = 24) | Intervention (n = 21) | |
| Age, yr, median (IQR) | 58 (47–66) | 60 (47.5–70.5) | 50.5 (46.2–62.2) | 48.5 (40.7–61.5) | 47 (39.7–55) | 56.5 (45.2–65) |
| Male sex, n (%) | 40 (66.7) | 26 (83.9) | 14 (48.2) | 17 (37.8) | 9 (37.5) | 8 (38.1) |
| Patient clinical information | ||||||
| Medicalb | 41 (69.5) | 19 (61.3) | 22 (78.6) | |||
| Surgical | 13 (22.0) | 8 (25.8) | 5 (17.9) | |||
| Trauma | 4 (6.8) | 3 (9.7) | 1 (3.6) | |||
| Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation-II score, median (IQR) | 18 (14–21) | 17.5 (14–21) | 18.5 (14–21.2) | |||
| Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score, median (IQR) | 6 (5–9) | 6.5 (5–9) | 6.5 (5–9) | |||
| ICU length of stay, median (IQR) | 12.9 (6.4–20.8) | 12.9 (6.3–15.6) | 13.9 (8.5–21.5) | |||
| Invasively ventilated, n (%) | 47 (79.7) | 24 (77.4) | 23 (82) | |||
| Delirium (ever/never)c | 28 (47.5) | 16 (51.6) | 12 (42.9) | |||
| Delirium duration, median (IQR) | 1.5 (1–8.2) | 1 (1–7.5) | 4.5 (1–8.5) | |||
| ICU mortality, n (%) | 4 (6.8) | 3 (9.7) | 1 (3.6) | |||
| Relationship to patient | ||||||
| Spouse or common-law | 19 (42.2) | 8 (33.3) | 11 (52.4) | |||
| Child | 12 (26.7) | 9 (37.5) | 3 (14.2) | |||
| Parent | 9 (20) | 3 (12.5) | 6 (28.6) | |||
| Sibling | 5 (11.1) | 4 (16.7) | 1 (4.8) | |||
IQR = interquartile range.
a
Clinical data for one patient are missing from the intervention arm.
b
Medical admitting diagnoses include patients with cardiovascular conditions, respiratory. conditions, infectious diseases/sepsis, change in level of consciousness, gastrointestinal conditions, and burns.
c
From the bedside nurse once per shift, Intensive Care Delirium Screening Checklist.