TABLE 3.
Characteristics of urinary tract infections (UTI) diagnosis in an emergency department (ED) encounter for Medicare beneficiaries with and without dementia
| Beneficiaries with a UTI diagnosis | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dementia | No Dementia | ||||
| Clinical characteristics | Count | Percentage | Count | Percentage | P |
| Symptoms and signs localizing to the genitourinary tract | |||||
| Dysuria | 126 | 1% | 1,686 | 3.7% | <0.0001 |
| Urgency of urination | 20 | 0.2% | 299 | 0.7% | <0.0001 |
| Urinary frequency | 113 | 0.9% | 987 | 2.1% | <0.0001 |
| Suprapubic pain | 38 | 0.3% | 258 | 0.6% | 0.0002 |
| Kidney and urinary tract signs and symptoms | 4 | 0.0% | 104 | 0.2% | <0.0001 |
| Gross hematuria | 159 | 1.3% | 618 | 1.3% | 0.448 |
| Acute prostatitis | 8 | 0.1% | 76 | 0.2% | 0.0072 |
| Epididymitis | 7 | 0.1% | 52 | 0.1% | 0.0696 |
| Total | 475 | 3.8% | 4080 | 8.9% | |
| Non‐specific symptoms and signs | |||||
| Altered mental status | 673 | 5.3% | 922 | 2.0% | <0.0001 |
| Other fatigue | 158 | 1.3% | 870 | 1.9% | <0.0001 |
| Other malaise | 578 | 4.6% | 967 | 2.1% | <0.0001 |
| Rigors | 19 | 0.2% | 60 | 0.1% | 0.5925 |
| Fever | 150 | 1.2% | 779 | 1.7% | <0.0001 |
| Leukocytosis | 383 | 3.0% | 922 | 2.0% | <0.0001 |
| Sepsis | 1901 | 15.0% | 3,066 | 6.7% | <0.0001 |
| Total | 3862 | 30.6% | 7586 | 16.% | |
| Total beneficiaries | 12,639 | 100% | 45,941 | 100% | |