Screening for delirium using family caregivers: Convergent validity of the family confusion assessment method and interviewer-rated confusion assessment method

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2121-2126

  Steis, Melinda R ^a   Evans, Lois ^b   Hirschman, Karen B ^b   Hanlon, Alexandra ^b   Fick, Donna M ^c   Flanagan, Nina ^d   Inouye, Sharon K ^e,f  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f Hebrew SeniorLife Institute for Aging Research   (United States)

Author keywords

caregiver; Confusion Assessment Method (CAM); delirium; dementia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM; FAMILY CONFUSION ASSESSMENT METHOD; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RATING SCALE; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84869102984     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.04200.x     Document Type: Article

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