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.