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. 2023 Feb;77(1):56–63. doi: 10.5455/medarh.2023.77.56-63

Table 5. Nurses Perception About the Important of Delirium Assessment tool (Pre-test).

Number Percentage
How important is assessing delirium:
Not important
Somewhat important
Very important
Essential
4
4
29
20
7.1%
7.1%
50.9%
35.1%
Have you heard of any formal test of delirium applicable to the ICU
Yes
No
32
25
56.1%
43.9%
Which test have you heard of:
CAM-ICU (Confusion Assessment Method of the ICU
ICDSC (Intensive Care Delirium Screening Checklist
DDS (Delirium Detection Scale)
NuDESC (Nursing Delirium Screening Checklist
27
13
12
5
47.4%
22.8%
21.1%
8.9%
Did you use a formal test of delirium when you made your assessment over the last month?
Always
Often
Sometime
Rarely
Never
5
4
8
9
31
8.9%
7.0%
14.0%
15.8%
54.4%