Table 3.
Performance of physicians’ informal delirium ratings pre and post-test
|
Pre-test |
Post-test |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
Gold standard* |
|
|
Gold standard* |
|
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| Physicians’ ratings | Delirium | No delirium | Total | Physicians’ ratings | Delirium | No delirium | Total |
| Delirium |
5 |
2 |
7 |
Delirium |
3 |
7 |
10 |
| No delirium |
6 |
56 |
62 |
No delirium |
2 |
107 |
109 |
| Total |
11 |
58 |
69 |
Total |
5 |
114 |
119 |
| Sensitivity: 0.45 |
Sensitivity: 0.6 |
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| Specificity: 0.97 | Specificity: 0.94 | ||||||
*The research assistants’ ratings with the mCAM-ED, confirmed by the senior emergency physician’s re-assessment served as gold standard.