Feasibility of the Modified Confusion Assessment Method for the Emergency Department (mCAM-ED)

University Hospital Basel

Status: Completed

Conditions: Delirium

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02054169

mCAM-ED

Details and patient eligibility

About

Delirium is common in older emergency department (ED) patients and often remains unrecognized. Existing instruments to detect delirium are often time consuming and therefore not feasible in the busy ED setting In this study the investigators tested the feasibility of the newly developed modified confusion assessment method (mCAM-ED).

Enrollment: 340 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients aged 65 or older

Exclusion criteria

• patients treated in the resuscitation room
• patients transferred or discharged within 2 hours of arrival
• patients with insufficient proficiency in the German language
• patients with an inability to communicate (e.g. aphasic patients)

Trial design

340 participants in 2 patient groups

pre-test group

Description:

All patients aged 65 or older presenting to the ED during the pre-test period

post-test period

Description:

All patients aged 65 or older presenting to the ED in the post-test period