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Table 3 Performance of physicians’ informal delirium ratings pre and post-test

From: Screening, detection and management of delirium in the emergency department – a pilot study on the feasibility of a new algorithm for use in older emergency department patients: the modified Confusion Assessment Method for the Emergency Department (mCAM-ED)

Pre-test

Post-test

 

Gold standard*

  

Gold standard*

 

Physicians’ ratings

Delirium

No delirium

Total

Physicians’ ratings

Delirium

No delirium

Total

Delirium

5

2

7

Delirium

3

7

10

No delirium

6

56

62

No delirium

2

107

109

Total

11

58

69

Total

5

114

119

Sensitivity: 0.45

Sensitivity: 0.6

Specificity: 0.97

Specificity: 0.94

  1. *The research assistants’ ratings with the mCAM-ED, confirmed by the senior emergency physician’s re-assessment served as gold standard.