Validity and reliability of the Portuguese version of the Confusion Assessment Method (CAM) for the detection of delirium in the elderly
Arq. neuropsiquiatr
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59(2A): 175-179, June 2001. tab
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RESUMO
This study has tested the validity and reliability of the Portuguese version of the Confusion Assessment Method (CAM), a diagnostic assessment instrument for delirium developed by Inouye et al. (1990). The sample was formed by 100 patients with 60 and more years of age, admitted at the emergency service of Santa Casa de Säo Paulo, in the time periods between July and August, 1996, November and December, 1996 and February and March, 1997. The sensibility was 94.1 percent and specificity 96.4 percent. The assessors reliability in a sample of the 24 patients resulted in a kappa = 0.70. We have concluded that CAM is an adequate instrument to assess the presence of delirium, reliable to assess elderly patients at the emergency services
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Assunto principal:
Delírio
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo diagnóstico
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Estudo de etiologia
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Estudo prognóstico
Limite:
Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Arq. neuropsiquiatr
Assunto da revista:
Neurologia
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Psiquiatria
Ano de publicação:
2001
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Austrália
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Brasil
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Queen Elisabeth II Medical Centre/AU
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Santa Casa Medical School/BR
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