Risk factors of delirium in elderly inpatients.
- Author:
Seong Wook HWANG
1
;
Seong Wook KANG
;
Young Gon KANG
;
Seung Gon CHOI
;
Jin LEE
;
Moon Jong KIM
;
Young Jin LEE
;
Chul Young BAE
Author Information
1. Department of Family Medicine, Pundang Cha General Hospital, College of Medicine, Pochun Chung
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
delirium;
risk factors;
elderly
- MeSH:
Activities of Daily Living;
Aged*;
Anoxia;
Case-Control Studies;
Delirium*;
Diagnosis;
Humans;
Hygiene;
Hypertension;
Infection Control;
Inpatients*;
Risk Factors*
- From:Journal of the Korean Academy of Family Medicine
2002;23(1):112-121
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: This study was done to investigate the clinical risk factors of delirium in general hospital's elderly inpatients. METHODS: A case-control study design was used. Forty cases and age -sex matched 120 contols were identified using hospital discharge data from June 1995 to May 2001. The controls were selected during the same period. The clinical records of each subject were reviewed using discharged disease code to select cases. Subsequent7, the data were recorded from clinical records. RESULTS: The subjects admitted with delirium tended to have increased age (P=0.007), hypoxia(P=0.018), low hemoglobin(P =0.011),sleep disturbance (P=0.001), more ADL total dependence ( P=0.018), diagnoses with infections (P=0.006), diabetes (P=0.046), and hypertension (P=0.041). Above risk factors seemed to be clinically associated with delirium. CONSLUSION: These findings indicate that rapid infection control, maintenance of good sleep hygiene, well-controlled diabetes and hypertension, and correction of hypoxia may help to prevent delirium in general hospital's elderly inpatients.
