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Table 2 Basic patient characteristics

From: Validation of two nurse-based screening tools for delirium in elderly patients in general medical wards

 

Delirium DSM-5 (n = 63)

No-Delirium DSM-5 (n = 635)

P Value

Sex [1]

  

0.693

male

33

314

 

female

30

321

 

Age in years [2]

82 (78–87)

77 (72–82)

< 0.001

Duration of stay: medical wards (days) [2]

5 (3.5–7.5)

3 (2–6)

< 0.001

  1. [1] Absolute values, p values for the exact Fisher’s test
  2. [2] Median, percentiles in brackets, p values for Mann-Whitney U test