Table 3.
Comparison of the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of patients with delirium, patients with other psychiatric diagnoses, and all other patients.
| Characteristics n (%) |
Patients with delirium n=34 |
Patients with other psychiatric diagnoses n=55 | Patients with no consultation n = 803 |
Chi square/F | df | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 73.8 (SD = 15) | 55.5 (SD = 13.7) | 54.9 (SD = 16.2) | 22.64 | 2 | < .001c |
| Males | 14 (41.2) | 22 (40.0) | 376 (46.9) | 1.34 | 2 | .51 |
| Presence of chronic medical diseasesa | 32 (97 %) | 38 (70.4) | 362 (45.1) | 45.00 | 2 | < .001 |
| Prior neuropsychiatric diagnosisb | 19 (56) | 4 (7.5) | 28 (3.5) | 135.91 | 2 | < .001 |
| Hospital stay length (days) | 17.8 (SD = 11) | 12.9 (SD = 10) | 7.9 (SD = 5.9) | 47.60 | 2 | < .001d |
| Oxygen treatment | 38 (70.4) | 30 (88.2) | 216 (28.9) | 84.99 | 2 | < .001 |
| Consequent ICU transfer | 18 (52.9) | 12 (21.8) | 76 (9.5) | 64.29 | 2 | < .001 |
| Consequent mechanic ventilation usage | 14 (41.2) | 11 (20.0) | 30 (3.7) | 98.27 | 2 | < .001 |
| Death during hospitalization | 9 (26.5) | 3(5.5) | 50 (6.2) | 20.8 | 2 | < .001 |
| Clinical outcomes | 24.26 | 4 | < .001 | |||
| Recovered | 20 (58.8) | 48 (87.2) | 698 (87.1) | |||
| Deceased | 9 (26.5) | 3 (5.5) | 50 (6.2) | |||
| Transferred to another unit | 2 (5.9) | 2 (3.6) | 53 (6.6) |
ICU = Intensive care unit.
a
Hypertension, diabetes mellitus, asthma bronchiale, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cancer and other diseases; bdementia, depression, cerebrovascular event and other diseases; cpatients with delirium > patients with other psychiatric diagnoses, and patients with no consultation; dpatients with delirium > patients with other psychiatric diagnoses > patients with no consultation.