Screening for Delirium Using Family Caregivers: Convergent Validity of the Family Confusion Assessment Method and Interviewer-Rated Confusion Assessment Method
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Screening for delirium using family caregivers: convergent validity of the Family Confusion Assessment Method and interviewer-rated Confusion Assessment Method.
OBJECTIVES To explore agreement between the Family Confusion Assessment Method (FAM-CAM) for delirium identification and interviewer-rated CAM delirium ratings. DESIGN Exploratory analysis of agreement. SETTING Community. PARTICIPANTS Fifty-two family caregivers and 52 elderly adults with preexisting impairment according to standardized cognitive testing. MEASUREMENTS The interviewer-ra...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0002-8614
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.04200.x