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Table 1 Outcomes for the 134 hip fracture patients enrolled in the delirium prevention study

From: A pragmatic study exploring the prevention of delirium among hospitalized older hip fracture patients: Applying evidence to routine clinical practice using clinical decision support

Outcome

Pre-intervention

Post-intervention

Difference (95% CI)a

p valueb

Delirium, n/N (%)

23/70 (33)

20/64 (31)

2 (-14, 17)

0.840

   Hospital 1, n/N (%)

14/33 (42)

4/21 (19)

23 (0, 47)

0.076

   Hospital 2, n/N (%)

9/37 (24)

16/43 (37)

-13 (-33, 7)

0.220

Length of stay, median days (range)

14 (9-21)

12 (10-21)

-0.03 (-4.08, 4.03)

0.740

   Hospital 1, median days (range)

14 (10-23)

11 (9-16)

-1.7 (-7.4, 4.0)

0.210

   Hospital 2, median days (range)

14 (9-20)

13 (10-21)

2.9 (-2.9, 8.7)

0.630

Fall, n/N (%)

7/70 (10)

4/64 (6)

4 (-5, 13)

0.430

   Hospital 1, n/N (%)

4/33 (12)

1/21 (5)

7 (-7, 22)

0.640

   Hospital 2, n/N (%)

3/37 (8)

3/43 (7)

1 (-11, 13)

>0.99

New discharge to long-term care, n/N (%)

9/70 (13)

4/64 (6)

7 (-3, 16)

0.200

   Hospital 1, n/N (%)

6/33 (18)

1/21 (5)

13 (-3, 29)

0.230

   Hospital 2, n/N (%)

3/37 (8)

3/43 (7)

1 (-11, 13)

>0.99

  1. aEstimated mean difference for continuous measures, estimated difference in proportions for categorical measures
  2. bWilcoxon p-value for continuous measures, chi-square or Fisher's exact test p-value for categorical measures