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New Delirium Severity Indicators: Generation and Internal Validation in the Better Assessment of Illness (BASIL) Study
Author(s) -
Sarinnapha M. Vasunilashorn,
Dena SchulmanGreen,
Douglas Tommet,
Tamara G. Fong,
Tammy T. Hshieh,
Edward R. Marcantonio,
Eran D. Metzger,
Eva M. Schmitt,
Patricia A. Tabloski,
Thomas G. Travison,
Yun Gou,
Benjamin Helfand,
Sharon K. Inouye,
Richard N. Jones
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.026
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1421-9824
pISSN - 1420-8008
DOI - 10.1159/000506700
Subject(s) - delirium , psychology , organic mental disorders , psychological intervention , rating scale , confusion , medicine , psychiatry , developmental psychology , psychoanalysis
Delirium is a common and preventable geriatric syndrome. Moving beyond the binary classification of delirium present/absent, delirium severity represents a potentially important outcome for evaluating preventive and treatment interventions and tracking the course of patients. Although several delirium severity assessment tools currently exist, most have been developed in the absence of advanced measurement methodology and have not been evaluated with rigorous validation studies.

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