Variables

Severity of Delirium

Statistics

No severe Less Severe Severe

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Total N (%)

X²

df

P

Age

18 - 34

89 (44.3)

14 (34.1)

15 (31.2)

118 (40.7)

9.421

4

0.51

35 - 64

84 (41.8)

22 (53.7)

19 (39.6)

125 (43.1)

65 - 100

28 (13.9)

5 (12.2)

14 (29.2)

47 (16.2)

Gender

Male

73 (36.3)

27 (65.9)

26 (54.2)

126 (43.4)

14.779

2

0.001

Female

128 (63.7)

14 (34.1)

22 (45.8)

164 (56.6)

Ethnicity

Berom

40 (19.9)

14 (34.1)

6 (12.5)

60 (20.7)

9.772

4

0.044

Hausa/Fulani

29 (14.4)

2 (4.9)

4 (8.3)

35 (12.1)

Others

132 (65.7)

25 (61.0)

38 (79.2)

195 (67.2)

Religion

Christianity

166 (82.6)

37 (90.2)

41 (85.4)

244 (84.1)

1.566

2

0.457

Islam

35 (17.4)

4 (9.8)

7 (14.6)

46 (15.9)

Educational status

No formal education

13 (6.5)

5 (12.1)

4 (8.3)

22 (7.6)

7.042

6

0.280*

Primary education

64 (31.9)

12 (29.3)

18 (37.5)

94 (32.4)

Secondary education

61 (30.3)

12 (29.3)

19 (39.6)

92 (31.7)

Tertiary education

63 (31.3)

12 (29.3)

7 (14.6)

82 (28.3)

Occupational status

Professionals ± degree (I - II)

47 (23.4)

12 (29.3)

11 (22.9)

70 (24.1)

15.944

4

0.003

Nonprofessionals (III - V)

73 (36.3)

21 (51.2)

29 (60.4)

123 (42.4)

Unemployed (VI)

81 (40.3)

8 (19.5)

8 (16.7)

97 (33.5)

Estimated income/month

<20,000.00

118 (58.7)

10 (24.4)

22 (45.8)

150 (51.7)

20.688

4

<0.001*

20,000.00 - 49,000.00

73 (36.3)

23 (56.1)

23 (47.9)

119 (41.0)

≥50,000.00

10 (5.0)

8 (19.5)

3 (6.3)

21 (7.3)

Marital status

Never married

59 (29.4)

6 (14.6)

6 (12.5)

71 (24.5)

13.990

6

0.022

Married

105 (52.2)

30 (73.2)

30 (62.5)

165 (56.9)

Previously married

4 (2.0)

0 (0.0)

3 (6.3)

7 (2.4)

Widowed

33 (16.4)

5 (12.2)

9 (18.7)

47 (16.2)