Table 4.
Outcomes associated with postoperative delirium (univariate analysis)
| Postoperative Delirium Status | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total n = 715 (%) | Yes n = 127 (17.8) | No n = 588 (82.2) | P-value | |
| Other complications, n (%) | ||||
| No | 621 (86.9) | 83 (65.4) | 538 (91.5) | |
| Yes | 94 (13.1) | 44 (34.6) | 50 (8.5) | <0.0012 |
| Hospital length of stay median [25th-75th], n = 710 | 3.0 [2.0–4.0] | 6.0 [3.0–8.0] | 3.0 [2.0–4.0] | <0.0013 |
| Discharge to other place than home n (%), n = 614 | ||||
| No | 361 (58.8) | 27 (24.6) | 334 (66.3) | |
| Yes | 253 (41.2) | 83 (75.4) | 170 (33.7) | <0.0012 |
| 30-day readmission, n (%), n = 710 | ||||
| No | 657 (92.5) | 104 (85.3) | 553 (94.1) | |
| Yes | 53 (7.5) | 18 (14.7) | 35 (6.0) | 0.0012 |
| 30- day mortality, n (%) | ||||
| No | 703 (98.3) | 120 (94.5) | 583 (99.2) | |
| Yes | 12 (1.7) | 7 (5.5) | 5 (0.8) | 0.0024 |
1
T-tests were used
2
Chi-square tests were used
3
Wilcoxon rank sum tests were used
4
Fisher’s exact tests were used