Development of a smartphone application for the objective detection of attentional deficits in delirium

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1251-1262

  Tieges, Zoë ^a   Stíobhairt, Antaine ^a   Scott, Katie ^a   Suchorab, Klaudia ^a   Weir, Alexander ^b   Parks, Stuart ^b   Shenkin, Susan ^a   MacLullich, Alasdair ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

attention; cognition; delirium; dementia; measurement; neuropsychological; objective; smartphone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFUSION ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM; DELIRIUM RATING SCALE REVISED 98; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDINBURGH DELIRIUM TEST BOX; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE ASSESSMENT; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE PHONE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ORIENTATION MEMORY CONCENTRATION TEST; PILOT STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMARTPHONE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VALIDITY; ATTENTION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTENTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84936891894     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610215000186     Document Type: Article

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