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Evaluation of Postoperative Delirium: Validity and Reliability of the Nursing Delirium Screening Scale in the Turkish Language.
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Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Delirium Prevention Guideline Utilization for Intensive Care Patients
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.
- Assessment and report of individual symptoms in studies of delirium in postoperative populations: a systematic review.Age and ageing · 2024Pooled it
- The Effect of Music and Eye Masks on Sleep Quality and Delirium in Abdominal Surgery Intensive Care Patients: Randomized Controlled Trial.Nursing in critical care · 2025Trial
- The investigation of effect on foot plantar massage on functional recovery in older adults with general surgery, randomized clinical trial.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2024Trial
- Perioperative switching to lemborexant for prevention of delirium in older cancer patients with insomnia taking GABASupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Article
- Factors associated with frailty and the effect of frailty on postoperative outcomes in older adults with hip fracture.Ulusal travma ve acil cerrahi dergisi = Turkish journal of trauma & emergency surgery : TJTES · 2025Article
- Delirium on stroke units: a prospective, multicentric quality-improvement project.Journal of neurology · 2022Article
- The Polish Version of the Nursing Delirium Screening Scale (NuDESC PL)-Experience of Using in Nursing Practice in Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
purposePostoperative delirium is the most well-known form of postoperative cognitive impairment in all patient groups, especially in the elderly. Delirium is a syndrome that causes serious consequences, increasing mortality and morbidity rates and extending the length of hospital stay. The aim of this study was to evaluate the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Nursing Delirium Screening Scale (Nu-DESC).
methodOne hundred twelve patients who were hospitalized for a surgical operation in the orthopedics, neurosurgery, and general surgery clinic of a state hospital for 3 months were evaluated concurrently (and independently for delirium). Patients were observed by clinical nurses 3 times over a 24-h period. The presence of delirium was diagnosed by 2 neurologists according to DSM-IV criteria. Student's
resultsDelirium was detected in 28 patients according to the Nu-DESC. The ICC (intraclass correlation) is 0.97 in the 95% confidence interval from 0.96 to 0.98 for agreement between nurses and neurologists for the total Nu-DESC score. Weighted κ rates were between 0.78 and 0.92. In the ROC analysis of the Nu-DESC scale, the optimum cutoff value calculated for the 1,344 observations and 112 patients was determined as >1 according to the maximum sensitivity and the specific situation. Sensitivity at the cut-off point was 92.27; specificity was determined as 92.72. The Youden index was found to be J = 0.845 (0 < J = 0.845 < 1).
conclusionWe believe that Turkish translation of Nu-DESC is valid and reliable for clinicians, nurses, and researchers and will contribute to delirium studies.
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