Mortality Predictors and Associated Factors in Patients in the Intensive Care Unit: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Factors associated with hospital death.

Variables		Death (n = 66)	Discharge (n = 250)	value
Age in years, mean (SD)		53 (17)	45 (18)	0.001
Delirium, n (%)
Yes		36 (54.5)	109 (43.6)	0.112^Q
No		30 (45.5)	141 (56.4)
Gender, n (%)
Female		25 (37.9)	81 (32.4)	0.402^Q
Male		41 (62.1)	169 (67.6)
Original admission, n (%)
Inpatient unit		12 (18.2)	14 (5.6)	0.012^QM
Clinical category, n (%)
Sepsis		18 (41.9)	28 (22.8)	0.003^QM
Hydroelectrolytic disorder, n (%)		20 (30.3)	45 (18.1)	0.029^Q
Glycemic index, n (%)		22 (33.3)	45 (18.2)	0.008^Q
Immobility, n (%)		12 (18.5)	50 (20.3)	0.862^F
Physical containment, n (%)		45 (68.2)	142 (57)	0.101^Q
Tube feed, n (%)		55 (83.3)	165 (67.1)	0.010^F
Mechanical ventilation, n (%)		33 (50)	89 (35.7)	0.035^Q
Wound injury, n (%)		22 (34.4)	56 (23.2)	0.069^Q
Fentanyl use, n (%)		16 (24.2)	34 (13.6)	0.035^F
Insulin use, n (%)		22 (33.8)	54 (21.7)	0.042^Q
Charlson score total with Adjustment, mean (SD)		2.3 (2.61)	1.62 (2.17)	0.041

SD, standard deviation. n, absolute frequency. %, relative percentage frequency. ^FFisher’s exact test. ^QPearson chi-square test. ^QMPearson chi-square test with Monte–Carlo simulations. Mann–Whitney test.