Table 3 Impact of intervention during hospital stay
Variable | Acute geriatric ward (number = 163) | Orthopedic ward (number = 166) | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
Delirium any time during hospital stay (%)a | 80 (49) | 86 (53) | 0.51 |
Pre-operative delirium (%)b | 47 (31) | 50 (35) | 0.41 |
Delirium severity MDAS, median (IQR)c | 21.5 (15.3 to 25) | 20 (13.8 to 26) | 0.44 |
Delirium duration in days, median (IQR)d | 3 (2 to 7) | 4 (2 to 6) | 0.85 |
Discharged with ongoing delirium (%) | 24 (15) | 43 (26) | 0.01 |
Waiting time for surgery in hours, median (IQR)e | 26.2 (15.9 to 42.7) | 23.9 (16.5 to 38.1) | 0.54 |
Length of stay in days, median (IQR) | 11 (8 to 15) | 8 (4.8 to 11) | ≤ 0.001 |
Medical complications, any | 72 (44) | 76 (46) | 0.82 |
- Cardiac complications | 22 (14) | 19 (11) | 0.58 |
- Cerebral complications | 2 (1) | 0 (0) | 0.25 |
- Thrombo-embolic complications | 2 (1) | 0 (0) | 0.25 |
- Pulmonary complications | 21 (13) | 13 (8) | 0.15 |
- Renal failure | 6 (4) | 2 (1) | 0.18 |
- Urinary tract infections | 26 (16) | 41 (25) | 0.05 |
- Pressure ulcer | 3 (2) | 8 (5) | 0.22 |
- Gastro-intestinal complications | 5 (3) | 4 (2) | 0.75 |
Surgical complications, any | 4 (3) | 6 (4) | 0.75 |
- surgical site infection | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 1 |
- wound problem | 2 (1) | 4 (2) | 0.69 |
- osteosynthesis failure | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 1 |
- dislocation of prosthesis | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 0.5 |
Fall (%) | 14 (9) | 11 (7) | 0.5 |
In-hospital mortality (%) | 6 (4) | 3(2) | 0.21 |
Mobilized out of bed the second day after surgery (%)f | 139 (86) | 119 (80) | 0.13 |
Time mobilized in standing or stepping position the first five days after surgery in minutes, median (IQR)g | 29.3 (10.8 to 42.7) | 16.8 (4.3 to 68.2) | 0.24 |