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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 25.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Crit Care. 2012 Mar;21(2):e21–e32. doi: 10.4037/ajcc2012752

Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of the patient sample

Parent Study
Phase

Patient
Characteristics
Total Patients
(n=41)
Phase 1
(n=9)
Phase 2
(n=15)
Phase 3
(n=17)
Sex, n (%)
   Female 21 (51.2) 6 (66.7) 7 (46.7) 8 (47.1)
   Male 20 (48.8) 3 (33.3) 8 (53.3) 9 (52.9)

Race, n (%)
   Caucasian 37 (90.2) 6 (66.7) 14 (93.3) 17 (100)
   African-American 4 (9.8) 3 (33.3) 1 (6.7) 0 (0)

Age, mean (SD)
57.7 (16.4) 62 (15.9) 58.53 (15.7) 54.65 (17.5)

Hospital Unit, n (%)
   Cardiothoracic ICU 25 (61) 6 (66.7) 11 (73.3) 8 (47.1)
   Medical ICU 16 (39) 3 (33.3) 4 (26.7) 9 (52.9)

APACHE II, mean
SD
53.49(12.9) 51.33 (11.6) 54.4 (10.7) 53.8 (15.7)

CAM-ICU, positive
n(%)
10 (24.4) 2 (22.2) 4 (26.7) 4(23.5)

Notes.

AAC = Augmentative and alternative communication; APACHE III = Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation III;61 CAM-ICU = Confusion Assessment Method for the ICU;62ICU = Intensive Care Unit