Validation study of the European Portuguese version of the confusion assessment method (CAM)

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 777-784

  Martins, Sónia ^a   Lourenço, Carla ^b   Pinto De Sousa, João ^c   Conceição, Filipe ^b   Paiva, José Artur ^c   Simões, Mário R ^d   Fernandes, Lia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b CHSJ Anesthesiology Department   (Portugal)

^c University of Porto   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

aged; confusion assessment method; delirium; reliability; sensitivity and specificity; validation study

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CAREER; CAREGIVER; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONFUSION ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; DAUGHTER; DELIRIUM; DIGIT SPAN TEST; DSM-IV; DSM-IV-TR; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE ASSESSMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PORTUGAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SON; SPOUSE; VALIDATION STUDY; WARD; CONFUSION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFUSION; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84926331898     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610214001926     Document Type: Article

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