Improving delirium care for hospitalized older patients. A qualitative study identifying barriers to guideline adherence

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 813-819

  Van De Steeg, Lotte ^a   Langelaan, Maaike ^a   Ijkema, Roelie ^a,c   Nugus, Peter ^a,d   Wagner, Cordula ^a,b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

clinical guidelines; delirium; evaluation; nursing; older people; quality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DELIRIUM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING KNOWLEDGE; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; AGE; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NURSE'S ROLE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84923010648     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jep.12229     Document Type: Article

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