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Table 3 Frequency of factors according to age and duration of hospital stay

From: Associations between stressors and difficulty sleeping in critically ill patients admitted to the intensive care unit: a cohort study

Age

Biological factors

≤55 years (n = 36)

> 55 years (n = 35)

p value

Odds ratio (95% CI)

Anxiety symptoms

14 (38.8%)

6 (17.1%)

0.064

0.32 (0.10–0.98)

Pain

11 (30.5%)

5 (14.2%)

0.155

0.37 (0.11–1.23)

Environmental factors

Noise

16 (44.4%)

7 (20%)

0.042

0.31 (0.10–0.90)

Lights

11 (30.5%)

3 (8.5%)

0.035

0.21 (0.05–0.84)

ICU stay length

Biological factors

≤5 days of (n = 38)

> 5 days (n = 33)

p value

Odds ratio (95% CI)

Anxiety symptoms

4 (10.5%)

16 (48.4%)

0.001

8.00 (2.31–27.66)

Pain

7 (18.4%)

9 (27.2%)

0.407

1.66 (0.54–5.10)

Environmental factors

Noise

8 (21%)

15 (45.4%)

0.042

3.12 (1.10–8.82)

Lights

5 (13.1%)

9 (27.2%)

0.231

2.47 (0.73–8.32)

  1. Notes: p values were obtained using the chi-squared test