Baseline Anxiety and Depression and Risk for ICU Delirium: A Prospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Anxiety and depression are common mental disorders in adults admitted to the ICU. Although depression increases postsurgical delirium and anxiety does not, their associations with ICU delirium in critically ill adults remain unclear. We evaluated the association between ICU baseline anxiety and depression and ICU delirium occurrence.

Design

Subgroup analysis of a prospective cohort study.

Setting

Single, 36-bed mixed ICU.

Patients

Nine-hundred ninety-one ICU patients admitted with or without delirium between July 2016 and February 2020; patients admitted after elective surgery or not assessed for anxiety/depression were excluded.

Intervention

None.

Measurements and main results

The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale questionnaire was

SUBMITTER: Wu TT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9307302 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature