Table 2 Clinical judgement: Correct recognition of delirium presence or absence and correct diagnoses of the cases
Case vignette | samplean = 115 | geriatric and internal medicine departmentsan = 50 | other acute hospital departmentsan = 52 | post-acute and long-term care facilitiesan = 13 | p-value2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
recognition of delirium / correct delirium subtype | recognition of delirium / correct delirium subtype | recognition of delirium / correct delirium subtype | recognition of delirium / correct delirium subtype | ||
hyperactive delirium | 91 (79%) / 62 (54%) | 44 (88%) / 29 (58%) | 41 (79%) / 28 (54%) | 6 (46%) / 5 (38%) | < 0.01 / 0.46 |
delirium superimposed on dementia | 70 (61%) / 55 (48%) | 31 (62%) / 26 (52%) | 31 (60%) / 24 (46%) | 8 (62%) / 5 (38%) | 0.97 / 0.65 |
hypoactive delirium | 51 (44%) / 50 (43%) | 23 (46%) / 23 (46%) | 25 (48%) / 24 (46%) | 3 (23%) / 3 (23%) | 0.26 / 0.29 |
recognition of delirium absence / correct diagnoses | recognition of delirium absence / correct diagnoses | recognition of delirium absence / correct diagnoses | recognition of delirium absence / correct diagnoses | ||
depression | 110 (96%) / 80 (70%) | 47 (94%) / 38 (76%) | 51 (98%) / 38 (73%) | 12 (92%) / 4 (31%) | 0.50 / 0.24 |
dementia | 85 (74%) / 65 (57%) | 37 (74%) / 27 (54%) | 36 (69%) / 30 (58%) | 12 (92%) / 8 (62%) | 0.24 / 0.87 |