An association between cancer type and delirium incidence in Japanese elderly patients: A retrospective longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

There is not a known elevated prevalence of delirium in older adult cancer patients. However, it is unknown if the incidence of delirium varies by cancer type among older adult patients. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the association between the incidence of delirium and cancer type among older adult patients using a Japanese hospital-based administrative claims database.

Methods

A total of 76,868 patients over 65 years of age or older, first diagnosed with cancer on an initial date of hospitalization between April 2008 and December 2019, were included in this retrospective longitudinal study. Delirium was defined by the World Health Organization's International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10) codes or antipsychot

SUBMITTER: Yamato K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9939101 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature