Single question in delirium (SQiD): Testing its efficacy against psychiatrist interview, the confusion assessment method and the memorial delirium assessment scale

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 561-565

  Sands, M B ^a   Dantoc, B P ^b   Hartshorn, A ^c   Ryan, C J ^d   Lujic, S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ROYAL AUSTRALIAN COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS   (Australia)

^c Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

cancer; case finding; delirium; oncology; palliative; screening tools

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONFUSION; CONFUSION ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KAPPA STATISTICS; MALE; MEMORIAL DELIRIUM ASSESSMENT SCALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE QUESTION IN DELIRIUM; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; CONFUSION; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77956790726     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216310371556     Document Type: Article

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