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Table 3 Clinical decision making: Management of delirium

From: Nurses’ competence in recognition and management of delirium in older patients: development and piloting of a self-assessment tool

management tasks (Score with zero to a maximum of 10 points per task)

samplean = 115

geriatric and internal medicine departmentan = 50

other acute hospital departmentan = 52

post-acute and long-term care facilitiesan = 13

p-value2

Task 1: treatment of delirium

7.7 (1.1)

7.9 (0.9)

7.6 (1.1)

7.2 (1.5)

0.14

Task 2: recognition of risk factors and initiate preventive measures

8.8 (1.0)

9.2 (0.9)

8.7 (0.9)

7.8 (1.1)

< 0.001

Task 3: prevention for patients with cognitive impairment

9.0 (1.0)

9.3 (0.8)

8.9 (1.1)

8.4 (1.3)

0.03

Task 4: interdisciplinary communication

7.8 (2.1)

8.4 (1.6)

7.6 (2.3)

6.3 (2.3)

0.01

  1. aMean (SD)
  2. 2Kruskal-Wallis Test