Portuguese version of the Delirium Rating Scale-Revised-98: reliability and validity

• Published in: International journal of geriatric psychiatry Vol. 23; no. 5; pp. 472 - 477
• Main Authors: Negreiros, Daniel Philippi de, Meleiro, Alexandrina Maria Augusto da Silva, Furlanetto, Letícia M., Trzepacz, Paula T.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01.05.2008; Wiley; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Biological and medical sciences; Delirium; Delirium - diagnosis; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Geriatric Assessment - methods; Geriatric psychiatry; Geriatrics; Humans; Male; Medical diagnosis; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Miscellaneous; Portugal; psychiatric status rating scales; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales - standards; Psychoanalysis; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Reliability; Reproducibility of Results; Severity of Illness Index; Studies; validation studies; Validity; Portugal; Human; Delirium; Test validation; Gerontology; psychiatric status rating scales; Evaluation scale; validation studies; Test reliability; Elderly; Mental confusion; Organic mental disorder; Geriatrics

Objective To assess the validity and the reliability of the Portuguese version of the Delirium Rating Scale‐Revised‐98 (DRS‐R‐98). Methods The scale was translated into Portuguese and back‐translated into English. After assessing its face validity, five diagnostic groups (n = 64; delirium, depressio...