Skip to main content

Table 1 Baseline demographics

From: A proposal for virtual, telephone-based preoperative cognitive assessment in older adults undergoing elective surgery

Variable

 

Gender—femalen(%)

20 (50%)

Age, median (IQR)

76 (73–79)

Race—whiten(%)

39 (97.5%)

Ethnic group—non-Hispanicn(%)

36 (90%)

Type of surgery

 Orthopedic

11 (27.5%)

 Cardiac

9 (22.5%)

 Thoracic/abdominal

7 (17.5%)

Education level

 High school n (%)

7 (17.5%)

 College n (%)

19 (47.5%)

 Advanced degree n (%)

14 (35%)

Medications—prior to surgery

 Total number median (IQR)

8 (7–11)

 Psychotropic medications n (%)

10 (25%)

 Benzodiazepines n (%)

6 (15%)

 Anti-cholinergic medication n (%)

25 (62.5%)

 Anti-cholinergic score median (IQR)

1 (0–2)