Delirium Mediates Incidence of Hospital-Associated Disability Among Older Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine whether delirium predicts occurrence of hospital-associated disability (HAD), or functional decline after admission, among hospitalized older adults.

Design

Retrospective cross-sectional study.

Setting and participants

General inpatient (non-ICU) units of a large regional Southeastern US academic medical center, involving 33,111 older adults ≥65 years of age admitted from January 1, 2015, to December 31, 2019.

Methods

Delirium was defined as a score ≥2 on the Nursing Delirium Screening Scale (NuDESC) during hospital admission. HAD was defined as a decline on the Katz Activities of Daily Living (ADL) scale from hospital admission to discharge. Generalized linear mixed models were used to examine the association between delirium and HAD, adju

SUBMITTER: Freeman H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10370492 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature