Risk factors for incident delirium in an acute general medical setting: a retrospective case – control study Tomlinson, Emily, Phillips, Nicole, Mohebbi, Mohammadreza and Hutchinson, Alison 2017, Risk factors for incident delirium in an acute general medical setting: a retrospective case – control study, Journal of clinical nursing, vol. 26, no. 5-6, pp. 658-667, doi: 10.1111/jocn.13529. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Risk factors for incident delirium in an acute general medical setting: a retrospective case – control study Author(s) Tomlinson, Emily orcid.org/0000-0002-8361-4774 Phillips, Nicole orcid.org/0000-0002-6821-4983 Mohebbi, Mohammadreza Hutchinson, Alison orcid.org/0000-0001-5065-2726 Journal name Journal of clinical nursing Volume number 26 Issue number 5-6 Start page 658 End page 667 Total pages 10 Publisher Wiley-Blackwell Place of publication Chichester, Eng. Publication date 2017-03 ISSN 1365-2702 Keyword(s) delirium risk factor medical patients acute care case-control Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Nursing HOSPITALIZED OLDER PATIENTS INTENSIVE-CARE-UNIT PRECIPITATING FACTORS COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT INPATIENTS PATHOPHYSIOLOGY INTERVENTION PREVALENCE PEOPLE Summary Aims and ObjectivesTo determine predisposing and precipitating risk factors for incident delirium in medical patients during an acute hospital admission.BackgroundIncident delirium is the most common complication of hospital admission for older patients. Up to 30% of hospitalised medical patients experience incident delirium. Determining risk factors for delirium is important for identifying patients that are most susceptible to incident delirium.DesignRetrospective case-control study with two controls per case.MethodsAn audit tool was used to review medical records of patients admitted to acute medical units for data regarding potential risk factors for delirium. Data was collected between August 2013 and March 2014 at three hospital sites of a healthcare organisation in Melbourne, Australia. Cases were 161 patients admitted to an acute medical ward and diagnosed with incident delirium between 1st January 2012 and 31st December 2013. Controls were 321 patients sampled from the acute medical population admitted within the same time range, stratified for admission location and who did not develop incident delirium during hospitalisation.ResultsIdentified using logistic regression modelling, predisposing risk factors for incident delirium were: dementia, cognitive impairment, functional impairment, previous delirium, and fracture on admission. Precipitating risk factors for incident delirium were: use of an indwelling catheter, adding more than three medications during admission and having an abnormal sodium level during admission.ConclusionsMultiple risk factors for incident delirium exist; patients with a history of delirium, dementia and cognitive impairment are at greatest risk of developing delirium during hospitalisation.Relevance to clinical practiceNurses and other health care professionals should be aware of patients that have one or more risk factors for incident delirium. Knowledge of risk factors for delirium has the potential to increase the recognition and understanding of patients who are vulnerable to delirium. Early recognition and prevention of delirium can contribute to improved patients safety and reduction in harm. Language eng DOI 10.1111/jocn.13529 Field of Research 111099 Nursing not elsewhere classified 1110 Nursing Socio Economic Objective 920210 Nursing HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2016, Wiley-Blackwell Free to Read? No Free to Read Start Date 2018-04-01 Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30085661 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Nursing and Midwifery Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 24 Aug 2016, 15:52:51 EST Thu, 25 Aug 2016, 05:01:33 EST Thu, 25 Aug 2016, 06:09:39 EST Fri, 04 Nov 2016, 07:34:29 EST Fri, 04 Nov 2016, 07:40:26 EST Fri, 04 Nov 2016, 07:41:13 EST Wed, 11 Jan 2017, 10:00:26 EST Sat, 06 May 2017, 02:30:40 EST Mon, 22 May 2017, 14:58:24 EST Mon, 22 May 2017, 14:59:35 EST Mon, 22 May 2017, 15:00:15 EST Fri, 16 Jun 2017, 10:53:21 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 26 Abstract Views, 4 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 24 Aug 2016, 15:52:51 EST

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