The DEMS-DOSS study: validating a delirium monitoring tool in hospitalised older adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

to evaluate the sensitivity, specificity and test-retest reliability of the Delirium Early Monitoring System-Delirium Observation Screening Scale (DEMS-DOSS).

Design

prospective diagnostic accuracy study of a convenience sample of admitted older adults with DEMS-DOSS and reference standard assessments.

Setting

60-bed aged care precinct at a metropolitan hospital in Sydney, Australia.

Participants

156 patients (aged ≥65 years old) were recruited to participate between April 2018 and March 2020. One hundred participants were included in the analysis.

Measurements

Participants were scored on the DEMS-DOSS. Trained senior aged care nurses conducted a standardised clinical interview based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder (

SUBMITTER: Montgomery A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9171726 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature