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Am J Geriatr Psychiatry · Jan 1998
Measuring delirium severity in older general hospital inpatients without dementia. The Delirium Severity Scale.
- K M Bettin, G J Maletta, M W Dysken, K M Jilk, D T Weldon, M Kuskowski, and J R Mach.
- Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), VA Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55417, USA.
- Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 1998 Jan 1;6(4):296-307.
AbstractThe authors evaluated the validity, reliability, and sensitivity to change of the Delirium Severity Scale (DSS), a 10-minute assessment consisting of Forward Digit Span and Similarities. Twenty-two older inpatients with delirium but not dementia and 15 control patients were administered the DSS during hospitalization. Scores were significantly inversely correlated with experts' quantitative ratings of severity at all three time-points examined. The DSS showed significant improvement over time (P < 0.001) and significant correlation with improvement in expert ratings (P = 0.026). The DSS shows promise as a valid and reliable measure sensitive to changing symptom severity.
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