Exploring the Utility of Ultra-Brief Delirium Assessments in a Nonintensive Care Geriatric Population: The GEM Study
Author(s) -
Jennifer S. Powers,
Tracey Doering,
Sharon M. Gordon,
Svetlana Eden,
Ayumi Shintani,
John F. Schnelle
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
the gerontologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1758-5341
pISSN - 0016-9013
DOI - 10.1093/geront/gns161
Subject(s) - delirium , medicine , dementia , odds ratio , confidence interval , intensive care unit , population , observational study , emergency medicine , geriatrics , prospective cohort study , cohort study , physical therapy , intensive care medicine , psychiatry , disease , environmental health
To determine how an ultra-brief structured tool that would require usually less than a minute for delirium assessment compares with a clinical assessment based on Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-IV (DSM-IV) in a geriatric postacute care (PAC) rehabilitation unit.
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