Table 2 Outcomes identified by delirium survivor and family interview participants
Outcome (N = 18 interview participants) | n (%) |
|---|---|
Emotional distress (i.e., fear and anxiety related to delirium symptoms) | 9 (50) |
Delirium severity (i.e., severity of hallucinations, paranoid thoughts, delusions, disorientation) | 9 (50) |
Ability to get back to previous cognitive abilities/long term cognitive outcomes | 8 (44) |
Agitation—occurrence and durationa | 8 (44) |
Safety—falls and other injuries, pulling out lines | 8 (44) |
Ability to live alone independently/manage activities of daily living | 7 (39) |
Being able to mobilize/physical functioning after discharge | 7 (39) |
Risk factors for delirium including environmental factorsb | 6 (33) |
Delirium duration | 5 (28) |
Repeated infection as a risk factor for deliriumb | 5 (28) |
Delirium reoccurrence and its risk factorsb | 5 (28) |
Sleep quantity and quality | 5 (28) |
Quality of life/recovery (physical and psychological) | 5 (28) |
Acute stress and post-traumatic stress disorder | 4 (22) |
Impact of delirium on family (stress, emotional wellbeing, burden)a | 4 (22) |
Length of stay | 3 (17) |
Mortality/survival | 3 (17) |
Use of chemical restraint/psychotropic drugs | 3 (17) |
Pain | 3 (17) |
Discharge disposition including ability to be discharged home | 3 (17) |
Time to/frequency of mobilization | 3 (17) |
Use of physical restraint | 2 (11) |
Ability to return to previous lifestyle/workc | 2 (11) |
Time to delirium diagnosis | 2 (11) |
Depression | 1 (6) |
Sedative dose | 1 (6) |
Delirium incidence | 1 (6) |
Delirium resolution | 1 (6) |
Subsyndromal deliriumc | 1 (6) |
Hospital readmission | 1 (6) |