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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Intern Med. 2021 Nov 9;175(1):65–73. doi: 10.7326/M21-1687

Table 3.

Duration of clinician delirium identification protocols

UB-2 2-Step 2-Step, No Skip 2-Step, Skip (UB-CAM)
CNA (n = 862) Nurse (n = 873) Physician (n = 856) Nurse (n = 866) Physician (n = 854) Nurse (n = 423) Physician (n = 419) Nurse (n = 443) Physician (n = 435)
Mean (SD), sec 62 (51) 55 (34) 55 (44) 104 (99) 106 (105) 125 (124) 131 (124) 83 (61) 83 (76)
Median (Q1,Q3), sec 49 (35, 74) 46 (32, 70) 44 (31, 66) 60 (34, 143) 62 (33, 155) 58 (32, 212) 66 (32, 204) 62 (36, 112) 58 (33, 104)
Min, sec 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 6
Max, sec 862 326 775 674 936 674 936 393 801

Table Abbreviations and Footnotes:

UB-2=Ultra-brief 2-Item Screen, 2-Step=2-Step Delirium Identification Protocol, UB-CAM=Ultra-brief CAM, CNA=Certified Nursing Assistant, SD=Standard Deviation, sec=Seconds, Q1=quartile 1, Q3=quartile 3, Min=Minimum, Max=Maximum