Nu-DESC DK: The Danish Version of the Nursing Delirium Screening Scale (Nu-DESC DK)

Nu-DESC DK: The Danish Version of the Nursing Delirium Screening Scale (Nu-DESC DK)

Delirium is one of the most common complications among elderly hospitalized patients, postoperative patients and patients on intensive care units. The reported prevalence is between 11 and 80 %. Delirium is associated with a high morbidity and threefold higher 6-month mortality. The Nursing-Delirium Screening Scale (Nu-DESC) is a screening tool with a high sensitivity and specificity.

The purpose of this study is to translate the Nu-DESC to danish and evaluate afterwards its feasibility and understanding by different medical staff.

Material and methods:

The Nu-DESC will be translated after International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) guidelines to Danish by permission of the original author.

The evaluation will be performed, by filling out evaluation forms, where the feasibility and understanding will be rated on a 6 step Likert scale.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Delirium
• Intervention / Treatment: Device: Nu-DESC DK

Detailed Description

Translation of the original tool and evaluation of understanding and feasibility by medical staff.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 20

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Medical staff on 2 different wards

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Medical staff working in the recovery room or orthopedic ward

Exclusion Criteria:

• Medical staff from other wards

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Observational Models: Case-Control
• Time Perspectives: Cross-Sectional

Number of groups / cohorts

2

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
Recovery room; 10 medical staff working in the recovery room	Device: Nu-DESC DK; Nu-DESC DK as a screening tool is presented to the medical staff and they have to evaluate the tool an evaluate the screening tool on a evaluation form and rates on a 6 step Likert scale.
Orthopedic ward; 10 medical staff working on the orthopedic ward	Device: Nu-DESC DK; Nu-DESC DK as a screening tool is presented to the medical staff and they have to evaluate the tool an evaluate the screening tool on a evaluation form and rates on a 6 step Likert scale.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Difference in understanding of the content of Nu-DESC DK by different medical staff groups	All five sections of Nu-DESC DK will each be rated on a 6 step Likert scale regarding language and content.	Within the first week after questionnaire is filled out
Difference in feasibility of the content of Nu-DESC DK by different medical staff groups	All five sections of Nu-DESC DK will each be rated on a 6 step Likert scale regarding time and usability	Within the first week after questionnaire is filled out

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Naestved Hospital

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: September 1, 2014
• Primary Completion (Actual): February 1, 2015
• Study Completion (Actual): April 1, 2015

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: November 27, 2015
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 10, 2015
• First Posted (Estimate): December 11, 2015

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): December 11, 2015
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 10, 2015
• Last Verified: December 1, 2015

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: mass screening; Nursing diagnosis; Psychiatric Status Rating Scale
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Mental Disorders; Nervous System Diseases; Neurologic Manifestations; Confusion; Neurobehavioral Manifestations; Neurocognitive Disorders; Delirium
• Other Study ID Numbers: DHAG-001-2014