TY  - JOUR
T1  - Delirium and geriatric syndromes in hospitalized older patients: Results from World Delirium Awareness Day
AU  - Can, Busra
AU  - Umurca, Gökcen
AU  - Ilhan, Birkan
AU  - Tufan, Asli
PY  - 2022
DA  - January
DO  - 10.5472/marumj.1059577
JF  - Marmara Medical Journal
JO  - Marmara Med J
PB  - Marmara University
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 1019-1941
SP  - 53
EP  - 60
VL  - 35
IS  - 1
LA  - en
AB  - Objective: To determine the point prevalence of delirium and the associated risk factors in geriatric inpatients.Patients and Methods: Sixty-two hospitalized patients aged 60 years and over were recruited. The Mini Nutritional Assessment-ShortForm (MNA-SF), the FRAIL scale, Katz Activities of Daily Living (ADL), and Lawton-Brody Instrumental ADL (IADL) questionnaireswere administered. A delirium evaluation test (Confusion Assessment Method-CAM) was performed for diagnosing delirium.Mortality was evaluated one month after the index date.Results: The median age was 71.5 (range, 60-96) years. Delirium was detected in 29% of the patients. Frailty and dementia wereassociated with delirium (p<0.001 and p=0.001; respectively). Polypharmacy, indwelling urinary catheter, and low albumin were alsorelated to delirium (p=0.025, p=0.007, and p=0.002; respectively). Age over 70 years, low Katz ADL and low MNA-SF scores werefound to be independently associated with delirium in multivariate regression analysis models. The median hospitalization time waslonger in the delirium group (p=0.029). Survival analysis at one month showed no significant difference between the delirium andnon-delirium groups.Conclusion: Age over 70 years, impaired functionality in ADL and malnutrition were independently associated with delirium.
KW  - Delirium
KW  - Functionality
KW  - Geriatrics
KW  - Geriatric syndromes
KW  - Malnutrition
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