Feasibility and acceptability of family administration of delirium detection tools in the intensive care unit: a patient-oriented pilot study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Family-administered delirium detection tools may serve as valuable diagnostic adjuncts because family caregivers may be better able than providers to detect changes in patient cognition and behaviour from pre-illness levels of functioning. The aim of this pilot study was to assess the feasibility and acceptability of family-administered tools to detect delirium in critically ill patients.

Methods

In this single-centre pilot tool validation study conducted in August and September 2017, eligible family caregivers used the Family Confusion Assessment Method (FAM-CAM) and the Sour Seven questionnaire to detect delirium during the patient's intensive care unit (ICU) stay. We calculated descriptive statistics for all study variables. Patients and family caregivers were

SUBMITTER: Krewulak KD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6488481 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature