Symptoms of delirium predict incident delirium in older long-term care residents

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 887-894

  Cole, Martin G ^a,b   McCusker, Jane ^a,b   Voyer, Philippe ^c   Monette, Johanne ^b,d   Champoux, Nathalie ^e   Ciampi, Antonio ^a,b   Vu, Minh ^f,g   Dyachenko, Alina ^a   Belzile, Eric ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^f CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

delirium; delirium symptoms; long term care; risk factors

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DELIRIUM; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; CONFUSION; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84876719922     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610213000215     Document Type: Article

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