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Table 3 Daily mean score for clinical delirium outcomes and change from baseline (for the entire sample)

From: A randomized pilot and feasibility trial of live and recorded music interventions for management of delirium symptoms in acute geriatric patients

Measure b

Day

Mean (95% CI) a

Mean difference

(95% CI) a

p-value

OSLA

Baseline

4.2 (3.1 to 5.3)

Ref

 
 

Day 1

4.4 (3.3 to 5.5)

0.1 (−1.3 to 1.4)

0.930

 

Day 2

4.9 (3.7 to 6.1)

0.3 (−1.1 to 1.7)

0.659

 

Day 3

3.4 (2.0 to 4.8)

−0.6 (−2.3 to 1.1)

0.502

mRASS

Baseline

−0.6 (−0.9 to −0.3)

Ref

0

 

Day 1

−0.8 (−1.2 to −0.5)

−0.2 (−0.7 to 0.3)

0.379

 

Day 2

−1.0 (−1.4 to −0.6)

−0.3 (−0.8 to 0.2)

0.189

 

Day 3

−0.4 (−0.9 to 0.0)

0.2 (−0.4 to 0.7)

0.546

Count 20 to 1

Baseline

8.7 (5.8 to 11.6)

Ref

0

 

Day 1

9.5 (6.4 to 12.6)

0.7 (−2.7 to 4.2)

0.687

 

Day 2

9.3 (6.1 to 12.6)

0.5 (−3.1 to 4.1)

0.776

 

Day 3

13.9 (10.2 to 17.6)

4.8 (0.5 to 9.0)

0.027

Days of the week

Baseline

3.2 (2.2 to 4.3)

Ref

 
 

Day 1

4.0 (2.9 to 5.1)

0.7 (−0.6 to 1.9)

0.287

 

Day 2

3.5 (2.3 to 4.6)

0.2 (−1.1 to 1.5)

0.779

 

Day 3

5.4 (4.1 to 6.8)

2.1 (0.6 to 3.6)

0.006

Months of the year

Baseline

3.1 (1.8 to 4.5)

Ref

 
 

Day 1

2.7 (1.2 to 4.1)

−0.6 (−2.1 to 1.0)

0.493

 

Day 2

3.3 (1.8 to 4.9)

0.2 (−1.5 to 1.8)

0.825

 

Day 3

3.3 (1.6 to 5.1)

−0.1 (−2.1 to 1.8)

0.882

Digit span

Baseline

2.8 (2.1 to 3.5)

Ref

 
 

Day 1

4.0 (3.3 to 4.7)

1.2 (0.4 to 2.0)

0.003

 

Day 2

3.2 (2.5 to 4.0)

0.5 (−0.3 to 1.4)

0.205

 

Day 3

4.4 (3.6 to 5.3)

1.7 (0.8 to 2.7)

0.001

SAVEAHAART

Baseline

4.1 (2.9 to 5.4)

Ref

 
 

Day 1

3.6 (2.3 to 5.0)

−0.5 (−1.9 to 1.0)

0.523

 

Day 2

3.6 (2.2 to 5.0)

−0.7 (−2.2 to 0.9)

0.398

 

Day 3

1.8 (0.2 to 3.3)

−2.3 (−4.1 to −0.6)

0.010

Orientation

Baseline

3.4 (2.5 to 4.3)

Ref

 
 

Day 1

3.8 (2.9 to 4.7)

0.5 (−0.6 to 1.6)

0.355

 

Day 2

3.6 (2.6 to 4.6)

0.2 (−0.9 to 1.3)

0.699

 

Day 3

4.8 (3.6 to 5.9)

1.2 (−0.1 to 2.5)

0.073

  1. OSLA Observational Scale of Level of Arousal, mRASS Modified Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale SAVEAHAART/KATAMARAN Vigilance test
  2. aMarginal means and mean differences estimated using mixed linear model
  3. bRecall is not presented in this table because linear regression was not suitable (see Additional file 5)