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

Delirium Clinical Trial

— Nu-DESC DK  

Official title:

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

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02628925
• Other study ID #: DHAG-001-2014
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: November 27, 2015
• Last updated: December 10, 2015
• Start date: September 2014
• Est. completion date: April 2015

Study information

• Verified date: December 2015
• Source: Naestved Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Denmark: Danish Dataprotection AgencyDenmark: Ethics Committee
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

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.

Description:

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

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 20
• Est. completion date: April 2015
• Est. primary completion date: February 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Medical staff working in the recovery room or orthopedic ward

Exclusion Criteria:

• Medical staff from other wards

Study Design

Observational Model: Case Control, Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Delirium

Intervention

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.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Naestved Hospital

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	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	No
Primary	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	No