Table 1 Characteristics of the sample

Informant interviewed

n (%)

Patients

33 (55.0)

Relatives

27 (45.0)

Total

60 (100)

Gender

 Female, N (%)

14 (23.3)

21 (35.0)

35 (58.3)

 Male, n (%)

19 (31.6)

6 (10.0)

25 (41.6)

Age, years min-max (median)

75-94 (84.4)

Admission ward

 Cardiac, n (%)

18 (54%)

 Pulmonary, n (%)

15 (45%)

Somatic cause of admission

 Heart failure, n (%)

11 (33%)

 Pulmonary disease, n (%)

10 (30%)

 Endocrinologic disease, n (%)

2 (6%)

 Infection, n (%)

3 (9%)

 Acute dysfunction, n (%)

7 (21%)

Cognitive function (4AT score) at admission, cat.

 No suspicion of cognitive impairment (4AT=0), n (%)

12 (36%)

 Suspicion of cognitive impairment (4AT=1-3), n (%)

18 (55%)

 Suspicion of cognitive impairment or delirium (4AT≥4), n (%)

3 (9%)

Length of hospital stay, days mean (min-max, median, mode)

9 (2-28, 6, 4)

Relation of relative

 Husband/Wife, n (%)

9 (33.0)

 Daughter, n (%)

12 (44.0)

 Son, n (%)

5 (18.5)

 Niece/nephew, n (%)

1 (0.3)