Diagnosing delirium in older hospitalized adults with dementia: adapting the confusion assessment method to international classification of diseases, tenth revision, diagnostic criteria.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To compare performance characteristics of the Confusion Assessment Method (CAM) algorithm for screening and delirium diagnosis with criteria for delirium from the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) and Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) in high-risk individuals.

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

Academic geriatric hospital.

Participants

One hundred two individuals aged 80 to 100 hospitalized for acute medical illness.

Measurements

Complete CAM instrument (nine items), scored using the four-item CAM diagnostic algorithm. Criterion standard classification of delirium was rated independently according to expert consensus based on DSM-IV and ICD-10 criteria for delir

SUBMITTER: Thomas C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3422775 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature