THE IMPACT OF AGE AND TIME OF DAY ON DELIRIUM IN ELDERLY POSTOPERATIVE HIP SURGERY PATIENTS.
Contributors: Loyola University of Chicago.
Published: 1996
Number of pages: 145
Subjects: Psychology, Psychobiology.; Health Sciences, Nursing.; Gerontology.; Health Sciences, Medicine and Surgery.
Description: This study examined mental status of 70 elderly patients following hip surgery for either replacement of their hip joint due to severe joint deterioration or for fixation of a fracture of the femoral portion of the hip. The purpose was to determine if patients became delirious postoperatively and, if so, whether age and/or time of day were related to delirium. Folstein's Mini-Mental Status Exam (MMSE) and the NEECHAM Confusion Scale were used to evaluate patients preoperatively, and then beginning the morning following surgery twice a day for five days. Assessments were conducted by the principal investigator in the morning and in the evening.

A MANOVA test of repeated measures was performed on the data and it was determined that there was a significant main effect for age, there was no significant main effect for time, and there was no interaction between age and time of day on the following variables: NEECHAM, and MMSE.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 56-12, Section: B, page: 7086.

Thesis (PH.D.)--LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, 1996.

School code: 0112.