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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Gerontol Nurs. 2015 Aug;41(8):34–42. doi: 10.3928/00989134-20150723-01

Appendix 1.

Other Supporting Words in Delirium Chart Abstraction

Word Total Charts with Word (N=63) Delirious Charts with Word (n=35) Non-Delirious Charts with Word (n=28)
‘Forget* 23 (37) 14 (40) 9 (32)
‘Alarm’ 18 (29) 11 (31) 7 (25)
‘Commands’ 17 (27) 14 (40) 3 (11)
‘Out of Bed’ or ‘OOB’ 16 (25) 11 (31) 5 (18)
‘Impuls* 12 (19) 8 (23) 4 (14)
‘Narcotic* 12 (19) 10 (29) 2 (7)
‘Sleepy’ 12 (19) 8 (23) 4 (14)
‘Agitat* 11 (18) 10 (29) 1 (4)
‘Anxious’ or ‘Anxiety’ 10 (16) 9 (26) 1 (4)
‘Redirected’ 9 (14) 5 (14) 4 (14)
‘Restless’ 8 (13) 7 (20) 1 (4)
‘Letharg* 7 (11) 5 (14) 2 (7)
‘Refus* 7 (11) 4 (11) 3 (11)
‘Multifactorial’ 6 (10) 6 (17) 0 (0)
‘Sedat* 6 (10) 6 (17) 0 (0)
‘Attent* 5 (8) 5 (14) 0 (0)
‘Somnolent’ 5 (8) 5 (14) 0 (0)
‘Hypoactive’ 4 (6) 4 (11) 0 (0)
‘Fall’ 3 (5) 2 (6) 1 (4)
‘Unrespons* 3 (5) 3 (9) 0 (0)
‘Combative’ 2 (3) 2 (6) 0 (0)
‘Fluctu* 2 (3) 2 (6) 0 (0)
‘Distract* 1 (2) 1 (3) 0 (0)
‘Not Cooperat*’ or ‘Uncooperative’ 1 (2) 1 (3) 0 (0)
‘Resist’ 1 (2) 1 (3) 0 (0)

Note. All values are n (%)

These words may have appeared in the unabstracted (n=237) charts;

*

indicates multiple different endings, such as ‘um’, ‘ous’, etc.; OOB = out of bed