Table 1.

Description of Patients (n=30).

Patients	N=30
Age	83 ± 5.8
Gender (female), (n, %)	20 (66)
Barthel Index pre-admission	73 ± 24
Barthel Index admission	22 ± 19
Barthel Index discharge	45 ± 29
Discharge setting (n, %)
- Home	16 (53)
- Nursing home	6 (20)
- Rehabilitation	3 (10)
- Hospice	4 (13)
- In hospital mortality	1 (3)
IQCODE	4.2 ± 0.9
CDR total	1.6 ± 0.7
CDR 1 (n, %)	15 (50)
CDR 2 (n, %)	10 (33)
CDR 3 (n, %)	5 (17)
Type of dementia (n, %)
- Alzheimer dementia	12 (40)
- Vascular dementia	9 (30)
- Lewy Body dementia	3 (10)
- Other	6 (20)
Duration of delirium (days)	4.1 ± 4.4
Hypoactive delirium (n, %)	20 (67)
Hyperactive delirium (n, %)	9 (30)
Non hyper-hypoactive delirium (n, %)	1 (3)
D-O-M maximum score	16 ± 4.5

CDR, Clinical Dementia Rating Scale; IQCODE, Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly; D-O-M, delirium-O-meter.