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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Gerontol Nurs. 2013 Jun 10;39(8):28–38. doi: 10.3928/00989134-20130530-03

Table 3.

Symptom frequency associated with delirium and age ≥ 60 years

Symptom Odds
Ratio
Delirium
95% CI
p-
value**
Odds
Ratio
Age > 60
95% CI
p-value** Odds Ratio Delirium * Age >
60 95% CI
p-
value**
Pain 0.91 0.48-1.72 0.76 0.44 0.22-0.85 0.01 1.07 0.45-2.57 0.87
Discomfort 0.62 0.23-1.68 .35 1.22 0.53-2.83 0.64 1.48 0.48-4.57 0.50
Lack of
Energy
0.77 0.19-3.07 0.71 1.66 0.76-3.64 0.20 0.85 0.14-5.28 0.86
Shortness of
Breath during
weaning
0.53 0.13-2.13 .37 1.39 0.54-3.60 0.49 1.08 0.18-6.21 0.93
Nervous
Anxious
0.25 0.06-1.12 0.07 0.52 0.34-2.61 0.90 2.30 0.30-17.85 0.42
Hot 3.98 1.05-15.01 0.04 3.59 1.14-
11.26
0.03 0.013 0.02-0.75 .04
Drowsy 4.30 1.02-18.13 0.05 4.71 1.40-
15.89
0.01 0.13 0.02-0.88 .04
Cold 0.10 0.10-10.27 0.10 3.32 0.9-12.06 0.07 1.03 0.08-13.62 0.98
Frustrated 0.38 0.04-3.81 0.41 2.96 0.84-
10.42
0.09 0.38 0.01-10.16 0.56
Dry Mouth 2.3099 0.38-14.10 0.16 1.75 0.38-7.99 0.47 1.29 0.12-4.92 0.83
Shortness of
Breath not
during
weaning
0.46 0.04-5.46 0.47 1.45 0.32-6.59 0.63 1.26 0.07-13.37 0.87
Scared 1.60 0.24-
10.54
0.36 2.38 0.47-
12.09
0.30 0.26 0.02-3.99 0.33
**

p-values generated from marginal models using generalized estimating to model probability of symptom present with delirium present and age ≥ 60 years. Models also included fixed effect for session.