DOSS (Delirium Observation Screening Scale) | |
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1 | Dozes during conversation or activities |
2 | Easily gets distracted by stimuli from the environment |
3 | Maintains attention to conversation or answer |
4 | Does not finish question answer |
5 | Gives answers which do not fit the question |
6 | Reacts slowly to instructions |
7 | Thinks to be somewhere else |
8 | Knows which part of the day it is |
9 | Remembers recent event |
10 | Is picking, disorderly, restless |
11 | Pulls intravenous tubes, feeding tubes, catheter |
12 | Is easy or sudden emotional |
13 | Additive or visual hallucinations |
Notes: If present, 1 point. Rate three times per day.