ArticleBMC geriatrics2019
An interdisciplinary statement of scientific societies for the advancement of delirium care across Europe (EDA, EANS, EUGMS, COTEC, IPTOP/WCPT).
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- Development of a nurse-led clinical pathway to prevent delirium in older adults in general hospital wards: a realist review protocol.BMJ open · 2025Article
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- Improving thePalliative medicine · 2024Article
- 'It's tough. It is hard': A qualitative interview study of staff and volunteers caring for hospice in-patients with delirium.Palliative medicine · 2023Article
- Innovative Non-Pharmacological Management of Delirium in Persons with Dementia: New Frontiers for Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy?Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Dementia knowledge among physiotherapists in Nigeria.Dementia (London, England) · 2023Article
- Computerized tool and interdisciplinary care for older patients with delirium in the emergency department: a novel model in Taiwan.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2022Article
- Nurses' competence in recognition and management of delirium in older patients: development and piloting of a self-assessment tool.BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
- Malnutrition and Sarcopenia in COVID-19 Survivors.Clinics in geriatric medicine · 2022Review
- The future of intensive care: delirium should no longer be an issue.Critical care (London, England) · 2022Review
- Delirium and Delirium Severity Predict the Trajectory of the Hierarchical Assessment of Balance and Mobility in Hospitalized Older People: Findings From the DECIDE Study.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundDelirium is a geriatric syndrome that presents in 1 out of 5 hospitalized older patients. It is also common in the community, in hospices, and in nursing homes. Delirium prevalence varies according to clinical setting, with rates of under 5% in minor elective surgery but up to 80% in intensive care unit patients. Delirium has severe adverse consequences, but despite this and its high prevalence, it remains undetected in the majority of cases. Optimal delirium care requires an interdisciplinary, multi-dimensional diagnostic and therapeutic approach involving doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, and occupational therapists. However, there are still important gaps in the knowledge and management of this syndrome. MAIN BODY: The objective of this paper is to promote the interdisciplinary approach in the prevention and management of delirium as endorsed by a delirium society (European Delirium Association, EDA), a geriatrics society (European Geriatric Medicine Society, EuGMS), a nursing society (European Academy of Nursing Science, EANS), an occupational therapy society (Council of Occupational Therapists for European Countries, COTEC), and a physiotherapy society (International Association of Physical Therapists working with Older People of the World Confederation for Physical Therapy, IPTOP/WCPT). SHORT
conclusionIn this paper we have strongly promoted and supported interdisciplinary collaboration underlying the necessity of increasing communication among scientific societies. We have also provided suggestions on how to fill the current gaps via improvements in undergraduate and postgraduate delirium education among European Countries.
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