Table 3 Risk factors and protective factors in patients with and without dementia.

From: Dementia, stroke, age, use of medical devices and antipsychotic drugs may increase the risk of nosocomial infections among elderly patients hospitalized at Neurology Clinics

Model 2

Model 3

 

No Dementia

Dementia

 

No Dementia

Dementia

OR(95%CI)

p

OR(95%CI)

p

OR(95%CI)

p

OR(95%CI)

p

Outcome: nosocomial infections

 Sex M

1.50(1.01–2.23)

0.046

1.25(0.81–1.94)

0.309

Sex M

1.33(0.90–1.95)

0.152

1.23(0.80–1.89)

0.350

 Age

1.06(1.03–1.10)

 < 0.001

1.04(1.00–1.07)

0.048

Age

1.08(1.05–1.11)

 < 0.001

1.04(1.00–1.07)

0.026

 Stroke

1.38(0.89–2.13)

0.146

2.48(1.47–4.19)

0.001

Stroke

1.51(0.99–2.29)

0.054

2.55(1.53–4.27)

 < 0.001

 Diabetes

0.90(0.56–1.43)

0.648

0.84(0.49–1.44)

0.524

Diabetes

0.88(0.56–1.39)

0.584

0.89(0.52–1.53)

0.683

 Antipsychotic drugs

1.16(0.58–2.28)

0.677

1.03(0.65–1.63)

0.897

Antipsychotic drugs

1.28(0.66–2.48)

0.466

1.07(0.68–1.69)

0.765

 CVC

3.01(0.82–11.09)

0.097

2.81(0.81–9.79)

0.104

days CVC

1.01(0.97–1.05)

0.680

1.06(0.95–1.18)

0.304

 Power Glide

0.56(0.05–5.90)

0.630

0.18(0.01–3.71)

0.270

days Power Glide

1.06(0.05–20.76)

0.969

0.81(0.48–1.36)

0.420

 PVC

1.69(1.12–2.55)

0.013

1.52(0.94–2.46)

0.090

days PVC

1.00(1.00–1.00)

0.693

1.00(0.99–1.01)

0.536

 PICC

0.55(0.17–1.75)

0.309

1.00(0.31–3.26)

0.997

days PICC

1.00(0.98–1.02)

0.987

1.01(0.91–1.13)

0.796

 Nasogastric tube

6.22(2.40–16.08)

 < 0.001

0.99(0.41–2.42)

0.990

days Nasogastric tube

1.01(0.95–1.07)

0.846

1.01(0.97–1.04)

0.782

 Midline

4.41(1.49–13.03)

0.007

1.85(0.74–4.58)

0.186

days Midline

1.36(1.08–1.70)

0.008

1.05(0.94–1.16)

0.376

 Urinary catheter

7.17(4.21–12.22)

 < 0.001

3.35(1.94–5.78)

 < 0.001

days Urinary catheter

1.09(1.07–1.11)

 < 0.001

1.04(1.02–1.06)

 < 0.001

 _cons

0.00(0.00–0.00)

 < 0.001

0.01(0.00–0.11)

0.001

_cons

0.00(0.00–0.00)

 < 0.001

0.01(0.00–0.11)

0.001

Outcome: pneumonia

 Sex M

2.02(1.23–3.32)

0.005

2.69(1.62–4.48)

 < 0.001

Sex M

1.74(1.09–2.79)

0.021

2.61(1.57–4.34)

 < 0.001

 Age

1.08(1.04–1.12)

 < 0.001

1.03(0.99–1.07)

0.166

Age

1.08(1.05–1.13)

 < 0.001

1.03(0.99–1.07)

0.164

 Stroke

1.27(0.75–2.15)

0.374

3.03(1.67–5.48)

 < 0.001

Stroke

1.37(0.82–2.27)

0.227

3.16(1.75–5.72)

 < 0.001

 Diabetes

0.59(0.31–1.11)

0.101

0.66(0.34–1.29)

0.221

Diabetes

0.61(0.33–1.14)

0.121

0.66(0.34–1.28)

0.217

 Antipsychotic drugs

1.13(0.50–2.57)

0.776

0.91(0.52–1.58)

0.731

Antipsychotic drugs

1.01(0.44–2.31)

0.985

0.90(0.52–1.58)

0.726

 Nasogastric tube

16.06(7.05–36.57)

 < 0.001

1.98(0.79–4.99)

0.146

days Nasogastric tube

1.09(1.04–1.15)

 < 0.001

1.03(1.00–1.06)

0.046

 _cons

0.00(0.00–0.00)

 < 0.001

0.00(0.00–0.10)

0.001

_cons

0.00(0.00–0.00)

 < 0.001

0.00(0.00–0.10)

0.001

Outcome: urinary tract infections

 Sex M

0.78(0.49–1.25)

0.311

0.53(0.28–1.00)

0.049

Sex M

0.75(0.47–1.19)

0.222

0.53(0.28–1.00)

0.049

 Age

1.05(1.01–1.08)

0.010

1.05(1.00–1.10)

0.035

Age

1.06(1.02–1.09)

0.002

1.05(1.01–1.10)

0.029

 Stroke

1.47(0.90–2.40)

0.123

1.64(0.84–3.19)

0.145

Stroke

1.33(0.81–2.18)

0.256

1.72(0.89–3.33)

0.104

 Diabetes

0.92(0.53–1.58)

0.752

0.99(0.48–2.04)

0.972

Diabetes

0.92(0.53–1.58)

0.761

0.96(0.47–1.98)

0.922

 Antipsychotic drugs

1.42(0.67–2.98)

0.358

1.30(0.73–2.33)

0.375

Antipsychotic drugs

1.48(0.72–3.06)

0.290

1.28(0.72–2.29)

0.397

 Urinary catheter

7.10(4.28–11.78)

 < 0.001

3.81(2.05–7.07)

 < 0.001

Days Urinary catheter

1.07(1.05–1.09)

 < 0.001

1.04(1.01–1.06)

0.004

 _cons

0.00(0.00–0.05)

 < 0.001

0.00(0.00–0.16)

0.005

_cons

0.00(0.00–0.03)

 < 0.001

0.00(0.00–0.15)

0.005

Outcome: bloodstream infections

 Sex M

0.98(0.28–3.39)

0.977

0.50(0.08–3.03)

0.454

Sex M

0.93(0.27–3.27)

0.912

0.58(0.10–3.50)

0.554

 Age

1.05(0.95–1.15)

0.361

1.06(0.92–1.22)

0.421

Age

1.01(0.92–1.10)

0.885

1.07(0.92–1.25)

0.376

 Stroke

2.33(0.70–7.81)

0.170

1.12(0.17–7.23)

0.907

Stroke

2.59(0.77–8.69)

0.125

1.14(0.17–7.59)

0.894

 Diabetes

0.54(0.09–3.09)

0.488

1.42(0.23–8.73)

0.703

Diabetes

0.34(0.05–2.36)

0.273

1.53(0.23–10.03)

0.655

 Antipsychotic drugs

5.06(1.36–18.77)

0.015

2.24(0.51–9.78)

0.284

Antipsychotic drugs

5.72(1.54–21.26)

0.009

1.90(0.39–9.26)

0.429

 CVC

13.11(2.54–67.76)

0.002

3.97(0.19–84.93)

0.378

days CVC

1.08(1.03–1.14)

0.002

1.16(0.98–1.36)

0.080

 Power Glide

5.85(0.18–190.96)

0.320

7.65(0.30–192.31)

0.216

days Power Glide

6.96(0.21–225.96)

0.275

1.40(0.85–2.30)

0.188

 PVC

1.35(0.36–5.09)

0.662

0.77(0.16–3.60)

0.736

days PVC

1.00(1.00–1.00)

0.035

1.01(1.00–1.02)

0.173

 PICC

0.99(0.05–18.66)

0.993

2.26(0.10–50.18)

0.605

days PICC

1.01(1.00–1.03)

0.142

1.13(0.99–1.28)

0.073

 Midline

9.05(1.77–46.21)

0.008

5.42(0.84–34.88)

0.075

days Midline

1.27(1.08–1.48)

0.004

1.18(1.05–1.32)

0.007

 _cons

0.00(0.00–0.85)

0.046

0.00(0.00–64.60)

0.187

_cons

0.01(0.00–15.65)

0.198

0.00(0.00–47.92)

0.157

  1. CVC central intravenous catheter, PVC peripheral intravenous catheter, PICC peripherally inserted central catheter.
  2. Significant values are in [bold].