Testing the functional assessment of mentation: A mobile application based assessment of mental status.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Altered mental status is a significant predictor of mortality in hospitalized patients and a prerequisite component to the diagnosis of delirium. However, the detection of altered mental status is often incomplete, inaccurate, and resource intensive.

Objective

To identify the clinical utility and feasibility of the Functional Assessment of Mentation (FAM(TM) ), a mobile application for evaluating attention and recall.

Design

Prospective observational pilot study.

Setting

Tertiary care medical center.

Participants

Nine hundred thirty-one adult subjects (612 nonhospitalized and 319 hospitalized).

Measurements

Score distribution and time to FAM(TM) completion were compared between nonhospitalized and hospitalized subjects (as well as betwe

SUBMITTER: Hamilton DE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4931986 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature