Table 4.
Non-treated patients in the intervention group compared with treated and control group
| Control group (N = 299) |
Intervention group non-treated (N = 59) |
Intervention group treated (N = 177) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| PRE-DELIRIC score (mean ± sd) | 73 ± 22 | 77 ± 17 | 75 ± 19 |
| Other risk | |||
| - Alcohol abuse | 41 (14%) | 4 (7%) | 20 (11%) |
| - Dementia | 5 (2%) | 0 | 2 (1%) |
| Age (mean ±) | 64 ± 14 | 62 ± 15 | 63 ± 14 |
| Urgent admission (%) | 261 (87%) | 52 (88%) | 152 (86%) |
| APACHE-II score | 20 ± 7 | 20 ± 6 | 19 ± 6 |
| Sepsis (%) | 64 (21%)b | 16 (28%)a | 53 (30%)a |
| Gender (M/%) | 181 (61%) | 35 (59%) | 115 (65%) |
| Admission specialism (N/%): | |||
| - Surgical | 75 (25%) | 11 (19%) | 33 (19%) |
| - Medical | 143 (48%) | 30 (51%) | 106 (60%) |
| - Trauma | 32 (11%) | 5 (9%) | 18 (10%) |
| - Neurology/neurosurgical | 49 (16%) | 13 (22%)c | 20 (11%) |
| Delirium incidence | 225 (75%)b | 53 (90%)a-b | 115 (65%) |
| 28 days delirium free without coma | 13 (3 to 27)b | 14 (1 to 22)b | 20 (8 to 27) |
| 28-day mortality | 36 (12%)b | 7 (12%) | 13 (7%) |
| Re-intubation (%) | 25 (8%) | 8 (14%) | 15 (9%) |
| Duration mechanical ventilation in hrs. | 118 (39 to 250) | 103 (54 to 251) | 90 (36 to 229) |
| Unplanned removal tubes/lines (%) | 58 (19%)b | 13 (22%)b | 21 (12%) |
| Re-admission | 55 (18%)b | 13 (22%)b | 20 (11%) |
| LOS-ICU | 7 (3 to 13) | 7 (4 to 14) | 6 (3 to 12) |
| LOS-in hospital | 21 (12 to 41) | 27 (13 to 48)b | 20 (11 to 31) |
Data are presented as median, interquartile range (IQR), unless mentioned otherwise. a Statistically significantly different (P <0.05) compared with control group. b Statistically significantly different (P <0.05) compared with treated intervention group. c Borderline significant difference between non-treated and treated intervention group (P = 0.057).