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Using and understanding sedation scoring systems: a systematic review.

B De Jonghe1, D Cook, C Appere-De-Vecchi

  • 1Service de Reanimation Medicale, Centre Hospitalier de Poissy-Saint-Germain, France. bdj@club-internet.fr

Intensive Care Medicine
|May 24, 2000
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This systematic review found many sedation scales for ICU patients, but few have proven reliability and validity. More research is needed to improve these measurement tools for better clinical practice.

Area of Science:

  • Critical Care Medicine
  • Clinical Pharmacology
  • Nursing Research

Background:

  • Sedation is crucial for managing patients in intensive care units (ICUs).
  • Accurate measurement of sedation levels and effectiveness is essential for patient safety and optimal treatment.
  • Existing instruments for assessing sedation vary in their development and validation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To systematically review and identify instruments used for measuring sedation level and effectiveness in adult and pediatric ICU patients.
  • To evaluate the clinimetric properties of these sedation measurement instruments.

Main Methods:

  • Comprehensive literature search of MEDLINE, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library.
  • Selection of studies reporting on sedation instruments assessing consciousness and effectiveness or side effects.

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  • Data extraction on instrument descriptions and measurement properties (reliability, validity, responsiveness).

    • Main Results:

    • Identified 25 studies describing various sedation instruments.
    • Consciousness, agitation, and ventilator synchrony were common assessment points.
    • Only four instruments (Comfort Scale, Ramsay scale, Sedation-Agitation-Scale, Motor Activity Assessment Scale) were tested for reliability and validity.
    • No instruments were assessed for responsiveness (ability to detect changes over time).

    Conclusions:

    • While numerous instruments exist for measuring sedation effectiveness in ICUs, few possess satisfactory clinimetric properties.
    • There is a need for further research to establish robust measurement properties of sedation effectiveness instruments.
    • Improved instruments will aid bedside clinical assessment, critical appraisal of research, and future study design.