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Table 3 Assessments for patients at Bærum Hospital with and without delirium during first 48 hours

From: The relationship of acute delirium with cognitive and psychiatric symptoms after stroke: a longitudinal study

 

Delirium n

Mean (SE)

Non-delirious n

Mean (SE)

Difference Estimate (95% CI)

p

3 months

 MoCA

10

21.7 (1.4)

115

24.7 (0.4)

2.9 (0.1 to 5.7)

.04*

 NPIQ

10

2.4 (0.6)

117

0.8 (0.1)

−1.6 (−2.7 to −0.47)

.005**

 HADS Depression

8

3.7 (1.3)

100

3.7 (0.3)

0.04 (−2.6 to − 2.7)

.97

 HADS Anxiety

8

4.0 (1.1)

100

3.1 (0.3)

- 0.9 (−3.4 to 1.4)

.44

18 months

 MoCA

9

20.8 (1.4)

100

25.0 (0.4)

4.2 (1.4 to 7.1)

.004*

 NPIQ

9

0.6 (0.6)

100

1.0 (0.2)

0.44 (− 0.8 to 1.7)

47

 HADS Depression

7

6.2 (1.4)

93

3.7 (0.3)

- 2.44 (− 5.2 to 0.3)

.08

 HADS Anxiety

7

5.6 (1.2)

93

3.1 (0.3)

- 2.6 (−5.0 to 0.1)

.04*

36 months

 MoCA

5

21.5 (1.5)

83

25.1 (0.4)

3.6 (0.5 to 6.7)

.02*

 NPIQ

5

1.7 (0.7)

84

0.7 (0.2)

−1.0 (−  2.5 to 0.5)

.17

 HADS Depression

5

6.3 (1.4)

75

4.1 (0.4)

- 2.3 (− 5.1 to 0.64)

.12

 HADS Anxiety

5

6.2 (1.3)

75

3.3 (0.3)

- 2.8 (− 5.5 to - 0.3)

.03*

  1. Mean (SE) are descriptive data. The difference with CI and p-value are from linear mixed models with covariates delirium, time and their interaction as categorical covariates, adjusted for age, gender, NIHSS-score at baseline and premorbid dementia.
  2. * Indicating p < .05 and ** indicating p < .01