Phenotype of subsyndromal delirium using pooled multicultural Delirium Rating Scale—Revised-98 data

• Published in: Journal of psychosomatic research Vol. 73; no. 1; pp. 10 - 17
• Main Authors: Trzepacz, Paula T., Franco, Jose G., Meagher, David J., Lee, Yanghyun, Kim, Jeong-Lan, Kishi, Yasuhiro, Furlanetto, Leticia M., Negreiros, Daniel, Huang, Ming-Chyi, Chen, Chun-Hsin, Kean, Jacob, Leonard, Maeve
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Inc 01.07.2012
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Cross-Sectional Studies; Delirium; Delirium - diagnosis; Delirium - psychology; Delirium Rating Scale—Revised-98; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Neuropsychological Tests; Phenotype; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Psychiatry; Severity of Illness Index; Subsyndromal; Delirium; Phenotype; Subsyndromal; Delirium Rating Scale—Revised-98

There is no consensus definition for the phenotype of subsyndromal delirium (SSD), a subthreshold state to full delirium. Without an a priori definition we applied advanced analytic techniques to discern SSD. We pooled Delirium Rating Scale—Revised-98 (DRS-R98) data from 859 DSM-IV diagnosed nondeme...