Table 3.
Effect of delirium status upon odds of mortality within 30 days. Delirium was associated with an increased odds of death within 30 days both unadjusted and adjusted for other confounders. Of those other confounders measured, only being very frail (CFS 7–9) was associated with increased odds to death to 30 days. Results of statistical significance (p<0.005) have been denoted with *
| Coefficient | SE | Wald | Freedom | p | OR | 95% confidence interval for OR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower | Upper | |||||||
| Delirium (unadjusted) | 1.10 | 0.24 | 20.62 | 1 | < 0.001* | 3.02 | 1.88 | 4.87 |
| Delirium (adjusted)† | 0.89 | 0.27 | 11.02 | 1 | 0.001* | 2.43 | 1.44 | 4.09 |
| Very frail (adjusted)‡ | 0.95 | 0.38 | 6.20 | 1 | 0.013* | 2.59 | 1.23 | 5.48 |
†Adjusted for age, gender, CFS, dementia status, and specialty
‡Adjusted for delirium status, age, dementia status, and specialty