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

Table 4 Ordinal Logistic Regression Analyses for GAD-7 Items by Patient Delirium Detection

GAD-7 Items^a	Clinical Assessment CAM-ICU^b	p-value	Family-Administered Sour Seven^c	p-value
Feeling nervous, anxious or on edge	1.05 (0.51–2.16)	0.89	1.64 (0.79–3.41)	0.19
Not being able to stop or control worrying	1.39 (0.67–2.89)	0.38	1.58 (0.74–3.37)	0.24
Worrying too much about different things	2.27 (1.04–4.91)	0.04	2.28 (1.00–5.23)	0.05
Trouble relaxing	1.16 (0.55–2.44)	0.69	1.36 (0.64–2.90)	0.43
Being so restless that it is hard to sit still	1.59 (0.69–3.67)	0.28	1.43 (0.59–3.44)	0.42
Becoming easily annoyed or irritable	1.79 (0.80–4.00)	0.15	1.68 (0.71–4.01)	0.24
Feeling afraid as if something awful might happen	1.82 (0.88–3.77)	0.11	1.87 (0.87–4.03)	0.11

CAM-ICU = Confusion Assessment Method for ICU
GAD-7 = Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7
^aEach item scored as 0, not at all; 1, several days; 2, more than half the days; 3, nearly every day
^bScored as present/absent
^cSour Seven is scored out of 18; cutpoint of 4
Ordinal logistic regression (cumulative logit) of ordered GAD-7 items; Odds ratio above 1 indicate trend towards item score 2 or greater among family caregivers of patients with delirium
Models adjusted for family age, family sex, family education, and patient Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II score (dichotomized at median value)
All values represent odds ratio with 95% CIs

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