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Table 2 Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Included Patients and Family Caregivers

From: The impact of patient delirium in the intensive care unit: patterns of anxiety symptoms in family caregivers

Characteristic

Patient

Family Caregivere,f

Clinically Significant Anxietyg

No Anxietyh

Mild Anxietyh

Moderate Anxietyh

Severe Anxietyh

N (%)

147 (100)

50 (34.0)

66 (44.9)

34 (23.1)

18 (12.2)

29 (19.7)

Age, yr, mean (SD)a

56.1 (16.2)

54.5 (13.3)

55.6 (14.0)

51.6 (14.7)

61.6 (11.0)

49.7 (12.5)

Sex, female, n (%)

58 (39.5)

45 (90.0)

45 (68.2)

21 (61.8)

14 (77.8)

28 (96.7)

Education, n (%)b

 High school or less

72 (49.7)

17 (34.0)

23 (34.9)

12 (35.3)

8 (44.4)

8 (27.6)

 Some university/college or greater

73 (50.3)

33 (66.0)

43 (65.2)

22 (64.7)

10 (55.6)

21 (72.4)

Patient admitting diagnosis category, n (%)

 Medical

67 (45.6)

23 (46.0)

32 (48.5)

14 (41.2)

11 (61.1)

11 (37.9)

 Neurologic

31 (21.1)

12 (24.0)

12 (18.2)

9 (26.5)

3 (16.7)

7 (24.1)

 Trauma

27 (18.4)

9 (18.0)

11 (16.7)

6 (17.5)

3 (15.6)

6 (20.7)

 Surgical

22 (18.4)

6 (12.0)

11 (16.7)

5 (14.7)

1 (5.6)

5 (17.2)

 Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II score, median (IQR)

20 (12)

18 (10)

21 (13)

19 (10)

21 (10)

17 (11)

Analgo-sedative use, n (%)

120 (81.6)

42 (84.0)

50 (75.8)

30 (88.2)

13 (72.2)

27 (93.1)

Patient Delirium, n (%)

 CAM-ICUc

52 (35.4)

21 (40.4)

19 (36.5)

14 (26.9)

5 (9.62)

14 (26.9)

 Sour Sevend

95 (64.6)

34 (35.8)

36 (37.9)

28 (29.5)

7 (7.37)

24 (25.3)

 Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 score

     

 Median (IQR)

16 (6)

3 (3)

7 (2)

13 (3)

19 (3)

  1. IQR = interquartile range
  2. SD = standard deviation
  3. GAD-7 = Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7
  4. aOne missing family member age
  5. bTwo missing patient education and one missing family education
  6. cScored as present/absent
  7. dSour Seven is scored out of 18; cutpoint of 4
  8. eNone missing family anxiety assessment
  9. fAssessed by the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7
  10. gScores 10 and above indicate clinically significant condition
  11. hScored as 0–5 = none; 6–19 = mild; 11–15 = moderate; 16–21 = severe
  12. Dashes indicate no data to report for that group