The diagnosis, prevalence and outcome of delirium in a cohort of older people with mental health problems on general hospital wards

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 32-40

  Whittamore, Kathy H ^a   Goldberg, Sarah E ^b   Gladman, John R F ^a,b   Bradshaw, Lucy E ^b   Jones, Rob G ^a,b   Harwood, Rowan H ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

delirium; Delirium Rating Scale; diagnosis; general hospital; older person; prognosis; validity

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGGRESSION; AGITATION; APATHY; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DELIRIUM; DELIRIUM RATING SCALE REVISED 98; DELUSION; DEPRESSION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HALLUCINATION; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOOD DISORDER; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WARD;

DELIRIUM; DELIRIUM RATING SCALE; DIAGNOSIS; GENERAL HOSPITAL; OLDER PERSON; PROGNOSIS; VALIDITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84890130295     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.3961     Document Type: Article

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