• Am J Emerg Med · Dec 2020

    Evaluation of the Ottawa 3DY as a screening tool for cognitive impairment in older emergency department patients.

    • Debra Eagles, Damanjot Otal, Laura Wilding, Samir Sinha, Venkatesh Thiruganasambandamoorthy, George A Wells, and Ian G Stiell.
    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address: deagles@toh.ca.
    • Am J Emerg Med. 2020 Dec 1; 38 (12): 2545-2551.

    ObjectiveThis study sought to evaluate the implementation of the Ottawa 3DY Tool, a simple screening instrument for cognitive impairment, by front-line ED clinicians.MethodsWe conducted a prospective cohort study in an academic ED. Patients ≥75 years underwent cognitive screening with the Ottawa 3DY by front-line nurses and physicians. Descriptive statistics were used to describe level of implementation and acceptability of the tool. Sensitivity and specificity was calculated using an Mini-Mental State Exam <25 as the cut-off for cognitive impairment. A weighted kappa was calculated to establish inter-rater agreement.ResultsCognitive screening was completed in 260/332 eligible patients (78.3%), who were 60% female and had a mean age of 83.7 years. Facilitators to screening: perceived importance and ownership of screening and feasibility of Ottawa 3DY. Barriers to screening were: over confidence in clinical judgement and perceived lack of patient benefit. Ottawa 3DY had a sensitivity of 84.6% (64.3-95.0) and specificity of 54.2% (39.3-68.4) when completed by nurses. When completed by emergency physicians, sensitivity was 78.9% (53.9-93.0) and specificity was 70.0% (45.7-87.2). Inter-rater agreement kappa score was 0.67.DiscussionThis study demonstrated that incorporating the Ottawa 3DY tool into the routine evaluation of older ED patients by front-line ED clinicians is both feasible and effective. With its demonstrated good inter-rater reliability and moderate level of sensitivity and specificity when compared with the much longer MMSE, the routine adoption of this tool may help lead to improved recognition of cognitive impairment and ultimately patient and system outcomes.Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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