Can delirium research activity impact on routine delirium recognition? A prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess if ongoing delirium research activity within an acute admissions unit impacts on prevalent delirium recognition.

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

Single-site tertiary university teaching hospital.

Participants

125 patients with delirium, as diagnosed by an expert using Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition reference criteria, were recruited to a prospective cohort study investigating use of informant tools to detect unrecognised dementia. This study evaluated recognition of delirium and documentation of delirium by medical staff.

Interventions

The main study followed an observational design; the intervention discussed was the implementation of this study itself.

Primary and secondary outcome

SUBMITTER: Welch C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6252640 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature