Prevalence of Emergence Delirium and Associated Factors among Older Patients Who Underwent Elective Surgery: A Multicenter Observational Study

Table 1

A cross-tabulation of the preoperative factors in older patients who underwent elective surgery in the teaching hospitals of Ethiopia, Ethiopia (n = 384).

Variables	Categories		Frequency (%)	Emergence delirium, frequency (%)
				Yes (n = 106)	No (n = 278)
				106 (27.6)	278 (72.4)
Patient ASA status	ASA-1		84 (21.9)	25 (29.8)	59 (70.2)
	ASA-2		285 (74.2)	73 (25.6)	112 (74.4)
	ASA-3		15 (3.9)	8 (53.3)	7 (46.7)
Comorbidity	Yes		76 (19.8)	35 (46.1)	41 (53.9)
	No		308 (80.2)	71 (23.1)	237 (76.9)
Premedication	Anticholinergics	Yes	105 (24.7)	57 (60)	48 (40)
		No	289 (75.3)	49 (17.0)	240 (83.0)
	Opioids	Yes	120 (31.3)	65 (54.2)	55 (45.8)
		No	264 (68.8)	41 (15.5)	223 (84.5)
	Others (steroids, diazepam)	Yes	95 (27.3)	37 (35.2)	58 (64.8)
		No	279 (72.7)	69 (24.7)	210 (75.3)
Preoperative Hgb levels	Anemic		73 (19.0)	61 (83.6)	12 (16.4)
	Nonanemic		311 (81.0)	45 (14.5)	266 (85.5)