Detecting delirium in nursing home residents using the Informant Assessment of Geriatric Delirium (I-AGeD): a validation pilot study.

Autor: Urfer Dettwiler P; Nursing Home Frenkenbündten, Gitterlistrasse 10, 4410, Liestal, Switzerland.; Institute of Nursing Science, University of Basel, Bernoullistrasse, 4056, Basel, Switzerland., Zúñiga F; Institute of Nursing Science, University of Basel, Bernoullistrasse, 4056, Basel, Switzerland., Bachnick S; Institute of Nursing Science, University of Basel, Bernoullistrasse, 4056, Basel, Switzerland., Gehri B; Institute of Nursing Science, University of Basel, Bernoullistrasse, 4056, Basel, Switzerland.; University Psychiatric Clinics, Wilhelm Klein-Strasse 27, 4002, Basel, Switzerland., de Jonghe JFM; Private Practice, DC VerzuimDiagnostiek , Tesselschadestraat 4, 1054 ET, msterdam, The Netherlands., Hasemann W; University Department of Geriatric Medicine FELIX PLATTER, Burgfelderstrasse 101, 4002, Basel, Switzerland. wolfgang.hasemann@felixplatter.ch.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: European geriatric medicine [Eur Geriatr Med] 2022 Aug; Vol. 13 (4), pp. 917-931. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Feb 10.
DOI: 10.1007/s41999-022-00612-w
Abstrakt: Purpose: Early delirium detection in nursing home residents is vital to prevent adverse outcomes. Despite the potential of structured delirium screening tools to enhance delirium detection, they are rarely used in nursing homes. To promote delirium screening tools in nursing homes, they should be easy to integrate into the daily routine of care workers. The I-AGeD, was developed as a simple and easily understandable tool to detect delirium in older adults. The aims of this study were to record the prevalence of delirium, to investigate the feasibility of the I-AGeD, and to compare these results with the DSM-5 as the reference standard.
Methods: This is a cross-sectional prospective single-center pilot study. Seven registered nurses assessed the participants with the I-AGeD. The research assistant conducted delirium assessments based on the DSM-5 criteria, to identify delirium symptoms for the same participants. The feasibility test was verified using a five-point Likert scale ranging from very easy to very difficult.
Results: 85 nursing home residents participated in the study. A delirium prevalence of 5.9% was found. The sensitivity was 60% and specificity 94% at a cut point of ≥ 4 to indicate delirium. The feasibility test showed that the 10 items of the I-AGeD were easy or very easy to answer.
Conclusion: The I-AGeD showed an acceptable performance to assess delirium in nursing home residents. Additionally, it was found feasible and due to its brevity the I-AGeD could easily be integrated into the routine of daily care in nursing homes.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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