Nursing perspectives on the confusion assessment method: a qualitative focus group study | Zendy

Eric Wong | Zendy; Justin Yusen Lee | Zendy; Anasuiya Surendran | Zendy; Kalpair | Zendy; Nancy Della Maestra | Zendy; Marie Migliarini | Zendy; Joye Anne St. Onge | Zendy; Christopher J. Patterson | Zendy

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Nursing perspectives on the confusion assessment method: a qualitative focus group study

Author(s) -

Eric Wong,

Justin Yusen Lee,

Anasuiya Surendran,

Kalpair,

Nancy Della Maestra,

Marie Migliarini,

Joye Anne St. Onge,

Christopher J. Patterson

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

age and ageing

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014

H-Index - 143

eISSN - 1468-2834

pISSN - 0002-0729

DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afy107

Subject(s) - delirium , focus group , medicine , feeling , qualitative research , confusion , dementia , thematic analysis , nursing , psychiatry , psychology , social psychology , social science , disease , pathology , marketing , sociology , psychoanalysis , business

he Confusion Assessment Method (CAM) is commonly used to detect delirium. Although accurate when administered by trained researchers, its sensitivity is low when performed by nurses in clinical practice. We aimed to understand the perspectives of nurses who used the CAM on orthopaedic wards.

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