Table 3.
Baseline characteristics of the study population stratified in a pre-Hospital Elder Life Program (pre-HELP) and HELP group
| All participating patients (N = 518) | Patients included in the analyses of incident delirium (n = 340) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-HELP (n = 174) | HELP (n = 344) | Pre-HELP | HELP | |||||
| n | n | n | n | |||||
| Age, median (IQR) | 174 | 85 (80–88) | 344 | 82.5 (78–87) | 117 | 86 (81.5–89) | 223 | 83 (79–88) |
| Sex (% male) | 174 | 35.1 | 344 | 43.0 | 117 | 34.2 | 223 | 42.6 |
| Level of education | 156 | 301 | 117 | 223 | ||||
| Below secondary education (%) | 37.5 | 43.2 | 36.3 | 42.2 | ||||
| Secondary/vocational education (%) | 51.6 | 50.5 | 51.0 | 52.5 | ||||
| Higher education (%) | 10.9 | 6.3 | 12.7 | 5.3 | ||||
| 6CIT >10 (%) | 173 | 23.1 | 341 | 23.5 | 117 | 27.4 | 223 | 25.3 |
| Katz ADL | 152 | 332 | 117 | 223 | ||||
| Independent (%) | 38.2 | 44.6 | 35.9 | 40.8 | ||||
| Moderately dependent (%) | 35.5 | 40.4 | 39.3 | 41.7 | ||||
| Severely dependent (%) | 26.3 | 15.1 | 24.8 | 17.5 | ||||
| EQ-5D, mean (SD) | 171 | .42 (.33) | 340 | .45 (.31) | 117 | .43 (.33) | 223 | .44 (.31) |
| Self-rated Health by VAS, mean (SD) | 167 | 58 (19) | 331 | 56 (19) | 117 | 58 (17) | 223 | 54 (19) |
IQR interquartile range, SD standard deviation, 6CIT Six-item Cognitive Impairment Test, ADL Activities of Daily Living, EQ-5D EuroQol 5 dimensions quality of life questionnaire, VAS Visual Analog Scale, ranging from 0–100