Table 1.

Patient characteristics of study participants and delirium status

	No delirium (n = 16)	Delirium (n = 31)	Unassessable (n = 24)	P
Age (SD)	63.3 (15.1)	65.9 (15.3)	55.5 (11.8)	0.58
Sex (%) M	10 (19.6)	25 (49)	16 (31.4)	0.33
CFS (%)				0.1
1	3 (18.8)	5 (16.1)	9 (37.5)
2	9 (56.3)	11 (35.5)	12 (50)
3	0 (0)	5 (16.1)	2 (8.3)
4	1 (6.3)	0 (0)	0 (0)
5	1 (6.3)	1 (3.2)	1 (4.2)
6	1 (6.3)	7 (22.6)	0 (0)
7	1 (6.3)	2 (6.5)	0 (0)
Dementia (%)	1 (16.7)	5 (83.3)	2	0.1
Hallucinations (%)	2 (50)	2 (50)		0.07
Delusions (%)	0 (0)	1 (100)		0.2
Sleep disturbance (%)	10 (62.5)	6 (37.5)		0.68
Distress (%)	1 (33.3)	2 (66.7)		0.33

SD standard deviation, Unassessable refers to patients with low mRASS, N/A refers to patients where mRASS was not required i.e. ward patients