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Room transfers and the risk of delirium incidence amongst hospitalized elderly medical patients: a case–control study

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Geriatrics, June 2015
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Title
Room transfers and the risk of delirium incidence amongst hospitalized elderly medical patients: a case–control study
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BMC Geriatrics, June 2015
DOI 10.1186/s12877-015-0070-8
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Amanda Goldberg, Sharon E. Straus, Jemila S. Hamid, Camilla L. Wong

Abstract

Room transfers are suspected to promote the development of delirium in hospitalized elderly patients, but no studies have systematically examined the relationship between room transfers and delirium incidence. We used a case-control study to determine if the number of room transfers per patient days is associated with an increased incidence of delirium amongst hospitalized elderly medical patients, controlling for baseline risk factors. We included patients 70 years of age or older who were admitted to the internal medicine or geriatric medicine services at St. Michael's Hospital between October 2009 and September 2010 for more than 24 h. The cases consisted of patients who developed delirium during the first week of hospital stay. The controls consisted of patients who did not develop delirium during the first week of hospital stay. Patients with evidence of delirium at admission were excluded from the analysis. A multivariable logistic regression model was used to determine the relationship between room transfers and delirium development within the first week of hospital stay. 994 patients were included in the study, of which 126 developed delirium during the first week of hospital stay. Using a multivariable logistic regression model which controlled for age, gender, cognitive impairment, vision impairment, dehydration, and severe illness, room transfers per patient days were associated with delirium incidence (OR: 9.69, 95 % CI (6.20 to15.16), P < 0.0001). An increased number of room transfers per patient days is associated with an increased incidence of delirium amongst hospitalized elderly medical patients. This is an exploratory analysis and needs confirmation with larger studies.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 1 1%
Unknown 87 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 15 17%
Student > Master 14 16%
Other 13 15%
Researcher 9 10%
Student > Ph. D. Student 9 10%
Other 7 8%
Unknown 21 24%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 28 32%
Nursing and Health Professions 22 25%
Psychology 4 5%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 2%
Social Sciences 2 2%
Other 10 11%
Unknown 20 23%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 105. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 06 October 2022.
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