Table 4.
Healthcare Workers’ Delirium Recognition, Their Knowledge about Delirium and Strain in Caring for Delirious Patients in the Pretest and Posttest Phase (n = 57a)
| Variable | Pretest phase (n = 57) | Posttest phase (n = 57) | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delirium recognition – ability to identify delirium | |||
| Cases, n correct (%) | |||
| Dementia | 41 (71.9) | 44 (77.2) | 0.55b |
| Hypoactive delirium | 26 (45.6) | 37 (64.9) | 0.04b |
| Hyperactive delirium | 41 (71.9) | 53 (93.0) | 0.007b |
| Dementia + hyper-/hypoactive delirium | 49 (86.0) | 45 (78.9) | 0.31b |
| Total DR score, mean (SD) (range 0–4) | 2.7 (1.1) | 3.1 (0.9) | 0.04c |
| Knowledge about delirium | |||
| Total DKQ score, mean (SD) (range 0–35) | 28.3 (4.5) | 31.7 (2.6) | <0.001c |
| Strain in caring for delirious patients | |||
| Total SCDI score, mean (SD) (range 20–80) | 50.9 (9.2) | 51.2 (8.4) | 0.46c |
| Subscore hypoactive behavior, mean (SD) (range 3–12) | 7.3 (1.8) | 6.9 (1.7) | 0.29c |
| Subscore hypoalert behavior, mean (SD) (range 4–16) | 8.9 (2.1) | 8.8 (1.7) | 0.84c |
| Subscore fluctuating course/psychoneurotic behavior, | |||
| mean (SD) (range 5–20) | 11.2 (2.9) | 11.3 (3.0) | 0.51c |
| Subscore hyperactive/hyperalert behavior, mean (SD) | 23.7 (4.2) | 23.9 (4.2) | 0.71c |
| (range 8–32) |
Abbreviations: SD standard deviation, DR delirium recognition, DKQ Delirium Knowledge Questionnaire, SCDI Strain of Care for Delirium Index
aThis type of analysis included only the healthcare workers who completed minimum 1 module of the delirium e-learning tool
bMcNemar test
cPaired t-test