Benjamin K I Helfand, Madeline L D'Aquila, Patricia Tabloski, Kristen Erickson, Jirong Yue, Tamara G Fong, Tammy T Hshieh, Eran D Metzger, Eva M Schmitt, Edwin D Boudreaux, Sharon K Inouye, Richard N Jones
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Delirium manifests clinically in varying ways across settings. More than 40 instruments currently exist for characterizing the different manifestations of delirium. We evaluated all delirium identification instruments according to their psychometric properties and frequency of citation in published research. DESIGN: We conducted the systematic review by searching Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Cochrane Library, Excerpta Medica Database (Embase), PsycINFO, PubMed, and Web of Science from January 1, 1974, to January 31, 2020, with the keywords "delirium" and "instruments," along with their known synonyms...
February 2021: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society