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ArticleIndian journal of psychological medicine

Delirium in Intensive Care Unit: Phenomenology, Subtypes, and Factor Structure of Symptoms.

Sandeep Grover, Abhishek Ghosh, Siddharth Sarkar, Amit Desouza, Lakshmi Narayana Yaddanapudi, Debashish Basu

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Sandeep GroverDepartment of Psychiatry, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Abhishek GhoshDepartment of Psychiatry, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Siddharth SarkarDepartment of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Amit DesouzaDepartment of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Lakshmi Narayana YaddanapudiDepartment of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Debashish BasuDepartment of Psychiatry, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.

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aimThis study aimed to explore the phenomenology, motor subtypes, and factor structure of symptom profile of delirium in patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU).

methodsConsecutive patients aged ≥16 years admitted in an ICU were screened daily for delirium using confusion assessment method-ICU. Patients diagnosed to have delirium as per Diagnostic and Statistical Manual fourth revision, text revision (DSM-IVTR) criteria were assessed with Delirium Rating Scale-Revised 98 (DRS-R 98) and Memorial Delirium Assessment Scale (MDAS). Motor subtypes of delirium were assessed with amended Delirium Motor Symptom Scale.

resultsSixty-six patients were evaluated for delirium, of which 45 (68%) patients developed delirium at point of their ICU stay. All patients had sleep-wake cycle disturbances, followed by motor symptoms (retardation - 80%; agitation - 73.3%). As per MDAS assessment, all the subjects had disturbances in the consciousness and sleep-wake cycle disturbances, and a substantial majority also had attention difficulties (93.3%) and motor symptoms (93.3%). Hypoactive subtype (47%) was the most common motoric subtype of delirium. Factor analysis revealed three-factor model for DRS-R 98, MDAS, and combining items of the two.

conclusionPhenomenology of delirium in ICU setting is similar to that of the non-ICU settings. The factor analysis consistently demonstrated a three factor solution, with a robust attention-arousal factor, and overlapping cognitive (core vs. non-core) motor factors.

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Deliriumfactor analysisintensive care unitphenomenologysubtypes

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PMCPMC6009000

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