• Hui-Shan Lin, Eamonn Eeles, Shaun Pandy, Donna Pinsker, Cecily Brasch, and Stephanie Yerkovich.
• Department of Geriatric Medicine, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
• Australas J Ageing. 2015 Dec 1; 34 (4): 259-64.

AimDelirium is poorly recognised and inadequately treated in medical settings. This research aimed to determine the psychometric properties of a newly developed tool, SQeeC against another emergent instrument, SQiD, in the screening of delirium.MethodsThe SQeeC was administered to 100 patients and SQiD administered to their informants in the general medical wards of a General Hospital. Data were compared with the reference standard geriatric consultant assessment of delirium.ResultsCompared with the reference standard, the SQeeC was found to have a sensitivity of 83% (95% CI 52-98%) and a specificity of 81% (95% CI 72-89%) with a negative predictive value of 97% (95% CI 90-100%) while the SQiD was found to have a sensitivity of 77% (95% CI 56-91%), a specificity of 51% (95% CI 37-64%) and a negative predictive value of 83% (95% CI 66-93%).ConclusionThe SQeeC and SQiD are simple and time efficient screening tools with encouraging psychometric properties.© 2015 AJA Inc.

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