Elderly delirium assessment tools review

Current Psychiatry Reviews

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 168-174

  Martins, Sónia ^a   Simões, Mário ^b   Fernandes, Lia ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c University of Porto   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Delirium; Elderly; Older assessment; Scales; Screening; Severity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; CLINICIAN GLOBAL RATING OF DELIRIUM SCALE; COGNITIVE TEST FOR DELIRIUM; CONFUSION; CONFUSION ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONFUSIONAL STATE EVALUATION; DELIRIUM; DELIRIUM INDEX; DELIRIUM O METER; DELIRIUM OBSERVATION SCREENING SCALE; DELIRIUM RATING SCALE; DELIRIUM SCALE OBSERVATION; DELIRIUM SEVERITY SCALE; DELIRIUM SYMPTOM INTERVIEW; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMANT QUESTIONNAIRE OF COGNITIVE DECLINE IN ELDERLY; INSTRUMENTAL ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING QUESTIONNAIRE; INTENSIVE CARE DELIRIUM SCREENING CHECKLIST; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MEDLINE; MEMORIAL DELIRIUM ASSESSMENT SCALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEECHAM CONFUSION SCALE; NURSING DELIRIUM SCREENING SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDATION STUDY; VALIDITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE FOR CONFUSION; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

EID: 84860309517     PISSN: 15734005     EISSN: 18756441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1573400511208020168     Document Type: Article

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