Purpose@# This study aims to investigate the status of
delirium intervention in
adult intensive care unit (ICU)
patients and the
perception of this
delirium by
medical staff . @*
Methods @# This
retrospective study involves 185
patients , whereas, a descriptive
survey is conducted with 197
medical staff members. @*Results@# The
delirium group includes 100
patients (54.1%). The
incidence of
delirium is 64.9% in the medical ICU, 65.9% in the surgical ICU, 42.4% in the neuro ICU, and 46.5% in the cardiac ICU. The percentages of
delirium prevention intervention differs between the two groups 65.0% in the
delirium group and 95.3% in the non-
delirium group. The
medical staff recognize that
delirium is a common problem in the ICU (100.0%) and requires active medical intervention (98.5%). @*Conclusion@# The
length of stay at the ICU is longer in the
delirium group than in the non-
delirium group. It is necessary to standardize
delirium prevention and
treatment protocols to be equally applicable to all ICU
patients .