Associations between caregiver-detected delirium and symptoms of depression and anxiety in family caregivers of critically ill patients: a cross-sectional study

Table 3 Summary of associations between caregiver-detected delirium score category, measured using the Sour Seven, and presence of clinically significant depression and anxiety symptoms

Sour Seven score	Family caregiver depression presence		Family caregiver anxiety presence
Sour Seven score	Crude OR (95%CI)	Adjusted OR (95%CI)	Crude OR (95%CI)	Adjusted OR (95%CI)
1–3^a	1.7 (0.7–3.9)	2.0 (0.8–5.0)	2.5 (1.2–5.3)	3.1 (1.3–7.0)
4–9^a	2.7 (1.2–5.9)	2.6 (1.1–6.1)	1.5 (0.7–3.0)	1.6 (0.7–3.6)
10–18^a	1.7 (0.8–3.9)	1.8 (0.8–4.4)	1.3 (0.6–2.8)	1.6 (0.7–3.6)

Bold values indicate statistically significant estimates
Adjusted ORs control for: patient and caregiver age and sex, caregiver education level, patient illness severity (APACHE-II score), reason for admission, and receipt of analgosedative medication
Abbreviations: OR odds ratio, 95%CI 95% confidence interval
^aNo delirium was used as the reference category

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