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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychosomatics. 2015 May 15;56(6):644–651. doi: 10.1016/j.psym.2015.05.002

Table 5.

Activities of daily living – comparison of preoperative assessment to 30 days after surgery assessment in patients of various postoperative cognitive levels

Change in activities of daily living (preoperative to 30 days postoperatively)
ADL Deterioration
n = 111		 No Change
n = 156		 Improvement
n = 29
SSD & delirium free 30 (25.2%) 79 (66.4%) 10 (8.4%)
SSD (at least one feature) 32 (36.8%) 46 (52.9%) 9 (10.3%)
Delirium (Yes) 49 (54.4%) 31 (34.4%) 10 (11.1%)
Change in instrumental activities of daily living (preoperative to 30 days postoperatively)
IADL Deterioration
n = 130		 No Change
n = 126		 Improvement
n = 37
SSD & delirium free 35 (29.4%) 69 (58.0%) 15 (12.6%)
SSD (at least one feature) 44 (51.1%) 32 (37.2%) 10 (11.6%)
Delirium (Yes) 51 (58.0%) 25 (28.4%) 12 (13.6%)

P-Value <.001