Assessing delirium knowledge among health care professionals: findings from a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Delirium is highly prevalent among older adults in various healthcare settings. Healthcare professionals' knowledge is crucial for preventing, recognizing, and managing delirium and delirium-related adverse outcomes. Despite its importance, little is known about how delirium knowledge is assessed.

Objectives

To map instruments and items used to assess delirium knowledge among healthcare professionals.

Design

A scoping review based on the methodological framework of Arksey and O'Malley (Int J Soc Res Methodol 8:19-32, 2005).

Materials and methods

A systematic literature search was performed in Medline, Embase, CINAHL, Scopus, and PsycINFO to include studies that assessed delirium knowledge among healthcare professionals.

Results

After removing

SUBMITTER: Muzzana C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11887080 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature