The Delirium Index, a measure of the severity of delirium: New findings on reliability, validity, and responsiveness

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1744-1749

  McCusker, Jane ^a,b   Cole, Martin G ^a,b   Dendukuri, Nandini ^a,b   Belzile, Eric ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aged; Delirium; Measurement; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; CLASSIFICATION; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 6944240114     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52471.x     Document Type: Article

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