Preliminary development of an ultrabrief two-item bedside test for delirium.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Delirium is common, morbid, and costly, yet is greatly under-recognized among hospitalized older adults.

Objective

To identify the best single and pair of mental status test items that predict the presence of delirium.

Design, setting

Diagnostic test evaluation study that enrolled medicine inpatients aged 75 years or older at an academic medical center.

Methods

Patients underwent a clinical reference standard assessment involving a patient interview, medical record review, and interviews with family members and nurses to determine the presence or absence of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition defined delirium. Participants also underwent the three-dimensional Confusion Assessment Method (3D-CAM), a brief, validated asse

SUBMITTER: Fick DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4665114 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature