|
Pre test
|
Post-test
|
|---|
| |
Gold standard°
| | |
Gold standard°
| |
|---|
|
Nurses’ ratings
|
Delirium
|
No Delirium
|
Total
|
Nurses’ ratings
|
Delirium
|
No delirium
|
Total
|
|---|
|
Delirium
|
3
|
0
|
3
|
Delirium
|
2
|
7
|
9
|
|
No delirium
|
8
|
59
|
67
|
No delirium
|
3
|
108
|
111
|
|
Total
|
11
|
59
|
70
|
Total
|
5
|
115
|
120
|
|
Sensitivity: 0.27
|
Sensitivity: 0.40
|
|
Specificity: 0.98
|
Specificity: 0.94
|
- *In the post-test period ED nurses were interviewed to informally rate prevalence of delirium before they conducted a formal mCAM-ED assessment.
- °The research assistants’ mCAM-ED ratings, confirmed by the senior emergency physician’s re-assessment served as gold standard.
