Validity and reliability of the portuguese version of the confusion assessment method (CAM) for the detection of delirium in the elderly

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 59, Issue 2 A, 2001, Pages 175-179

  Fabbri, Renato Moraes Alves ^a,d   Moreira, Marcos Aurélio ^b   Garrido, Regiane ^b   Almeida, Oswaldo Pereira ^c  

^a FACULDADE DE CIÊNCIAS MÉDICAS DA SANTA CASA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Santa Casa Medical School   (Australia)

^c PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

CAM; Delirium; Elderly; Emergency service; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONFUSION; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONFUSION; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; ODDS RATIO; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035379618     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2001000200004     Document Type: Article

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