Assessment scales for delirium

Aging Health

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 409-425

  Vreeswijk, Ralph ^a   Timmers, Jannie F ^b   de Jonghe, Jos F M ^a   Kalisvaart, Kees J ^c  

^a Medical Centre Alkmaar   (Netherlands)

^b MCA   (Netherlands)

^c Department of Orthopaedic Surgery   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assessments scale; Delirium; Screening; Severity

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE TEST FOR DELIRIUM; CONFUSION ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONFUSION ASSESSMENT METHOD FOR THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; CONFUSIONAL STATE EVALUATION; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTENT VALIDITY; DELIRIUM; DELIRIUM DETECTION SCORE; DELIRIUM INDEX; DELIRIUM O METER; DELIRIUM OBSERVATION SCREENING; DELIRIUM RATING SCALE; DELIRIUM SEVERITY SCALE; DELIRIUM SYMPTOM INTERVIEW; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE DELIRIUM SCREENING CHECKLIST; INTERVIEW; MEMORIAL DELIRIUM ASSESSMENT SCALE; NEECHAM CONFUSION SCALE; NURSING DELIRIUM SCREENING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 70349133163     PISSN: 1745509X     EISSN: 17455103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/ahe.09.10     Document Type: Review

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