Clinical Study
Predicting Delirium Duration in Elderly Hip-Surgery Patients: Does Early Symptom Profile Matter?
Table 2
Presence of individual DRS-R-98 delirium symptoms on first day of delirium.
| | DRS-R-98 item | Short delirium () | Prolonged delirium () | value |
| | (1) Sleep-wake cycle disturbance | 21 (95.5%) | 29 (100%) | 0.43 | | (2) Perceptual disturbances and hallucinations | 8/21 (38.1%) | 13/27 (48.1%) | 0.49 | | (3) Delusions | 11/21 (52.4%) | 14/27 (51.9%) | 0.97 | | (4) Affective lability | 15 (68.2%) | 15/28 (53.6%) | 0.30 | | (5) Language problems | 18 (81.8%) | 22 (75.9%) | 0.74 | | (6) Thought process abnormalities | 19 (86.4%) | 27 (93.1%) | 0.64 | | (7) Motor agitation | 14 (63.6%) | 20 (69%) | 0.69 | | (8) Motor retardation | 11/21 (52.4%) | 20 (69%) | 0.23 | | (9) Orientation problems | 22 (100%) | 28 (96.6%) | 1.00 | | (10) Attention deficits | 22 (100%) | 28 (96.6%) | 1.00 | | (11) Short-term memory impairment | 20/21 (95.2%) | 27/28 (96.4%) | 1.00 | | (12) Long-term memory impairment | 12/18 (66.7%) | 22/28 (78.6%) | 0.37 | | (13) Visuospatial impairment | 9/18 (50%) | 21/25 (84%) | 0.02 |
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Data are presented as (%) or (%) in case of missing data.
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