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Delirium in the Era of COVID-19.
- Source :
- Journal of Nursing Care Quality; Jan-Mar2024, Vol. 39 Issue 1, p92-97, 6p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Background: Delirium has been associated with poor outcomes in hospitalized older adults. Rates of delirium have increased in the context of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Purpose: To explore the prevalence of delirium in older adult patients hospitalized with COVID-19 as well as correlations with age, gender, length of stay (LOS), occurrence of an intensive care unit admission or transfer, and in-hospital mortality in 2 hospitals in the southeast United States. Methods: A retrospective study of 1502 patients admitted between 2020 and 2021 was completed. Results: Older adult patients hospitalized with delirium and COVID-19 demonstrated significantly prolonged LOS (14.1 days vs 7.1 days, P < .0001) and higher rates of in-hospital mortality (33.5% vs 12.8%, P < .0001). Conclusions: Findings of this study add to the growing literature on delirium in hospitalized patients and support the need for future initiatives to create protocols for monitoring and nursing care management of delirium to improve care delivery. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- RESEARCH
LENGTH of stay in hospitals
INTENSIVE care units
HOSPITALS
NONPARAMETRIC statistics
STATISTICS
RELATIVE medical risk
NURSING
ACADEMIC medical centers
CONFIDENCE intervals
AGE distribution
MULTIPLE regression analysis
PATIENTS
RETROSPECTIVE studies
MEDICAL care
MANN Whitney U Test
SEX distribution
HOSPITAL admission & discharge
HOSPITAL mortality
COMPARATIVE studies
DELIRIUM
DISEASE prevalence
HOSPITAL care of older people
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
CHI-squared test
STATISTICAL correlation
DATA analysis software
STATISTICAL sampling
RECEIVER operating characteristic curves
COVID-19 pandemic
EVALUATION
OLD age
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10573631
- Volume :
- 39
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Nursing Care Quality
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 173870161
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000732