The Validity of the Thai Version of the Confusion Assessment Method

Chiang Mai University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Delirium

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01267630

ANE10-08-06A-11 (Other Identifier)

ANE100806A11

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine the validity and reliability of the Thai version of the Confusion Assessment Method for the intensive care (CAM-ICU) in the elderly and the prevalence of delirium in elderly.

Full description

The incidence of delirium in intensive care unit varied between 20 and 80% depending on many factors such as types of study, diagnostic tools, severity of patients.The occurrence of delirium is common in elderly patients. However, the prevalence of delirium in the intensive care has not been reported in Thailand. There is no common tool used for detecting delirium in Thai ICU. Currently, CAM-ICU has been developed for nonpsychiatric physician and other health care professionals to detect delirium. The sensitivity and specificity of CAM-ICU was 91-93% and 89-100% respectively. In addition, it has been translated to many version to diagnose deliriums for all over the world. In Thailand, there is no common tool used for detecting delirium in ICU. The use of CAM-ICU may be useful in Thai ICU settings.

Enrollment: 70 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 55+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• age ≥ 55 years old

Exclusion criteria

• Severe visual or auditory impairment
• Comatose or moribund patients
• Unable to communicate with Thai language

Trial design

70 participants in 1 patient group

Surgical ICU

Description:

Patients are admitted to the surgical ICU of Chiang Mai University Hospital within 48 hours .