Social Determinants of Health and Delirium Occurrence and Duration in Critically Ill Adults.

ABSTRACT: Social determinants of health may affect ICU outcome, but the association between social determinants of health and delirium remains unclear. We evaluated the association between three social determinants of health and delirium occurrence and duration in critically ill adults.

Design

Secondary, subgroup analysis of a cohort study.

Setting

Single, 36-bed mixed medical-surgical ICU in the Netherlands.

Patients

Nine hundred fifty-six adults consecutively admitted from July 2016 to February 2020. Patients admitted after elective surgery, residing in a nursing home, or not expected to survive greater than or equal to 48 hours were excluded.

Intervention

None.

Measurements and main results

Four factors related to three Center for Disease Control social determin

SUBMITTER: Wu TT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8425818 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature