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Reliability and Validity of the Intensive Care Delirium Screening Checklist in Turkish
Gulsah Kose1, Abdullah Bolu2, Leyla Ozdemir3
1School of Nursing, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
Insights
The Intensive Care Delirium Screening Checklist (ICDSC) is a reliable and valid tool for detecting delirium in Turkish intensive care units. This checklist offers fast, effective patient evaluations suitable for routine nursing practice.
Area of Science:
- Critical Care Medicine
- Nursing Research
- Psychiatry
Background:
- Delirium is a common complication in intensive care units (ICUs).
- Early detection of delirium is crucial for patient outcomes.
- Validated screening tools are needed for diverse patient populations.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate the validity and reliability of the Intensive Care Delirium Screening Checklist (ICDSC) in a Turkish intensive care setting.
- To assess the ICDSC's performance in identifying delirium among ICU patients in Turkey.
Main Methods:
- A cross-sectional study design was employed.
- Fifty-nine patients admitted to an ICU for over 24 hours were included.
- The reliability was assessed using Cronbach's alpha coefficient.
Main Results:
- The ICDSC demonstrated high internal consistency, with Cronbach's alpha values ranging from 0.720 to 0.855.
- The sensitivity and specificity of the ICDSC were found to be high.
- The tool proved to be a reliable measure for delirium screening in this population.
Conclusions:
- The ICDSC is a valid and reliable instrument for delirium screening in Turkish ICU patients.
- The ICDSC facilitates rapid and effective patient assessments.
- The findings support the integration of the ICDSC into routine nursing practice in Turkish ICUs.
Purpose:
The aim was to investigate and evaluate validity and reliability of the Intensive Care Delirium Screening Checklist (ICDSC) in Turkey.
Methods:
A cross-sectional study design was used. Fifty-nine patients in an intensive care unit for longer than 24 hr were included in this study.
Results:
Cronbach's alpha coefficient indicated that the ICDSC was a reliable test with high internal consistency (specialist nurse min: 0.720, max: 0.855; primary nurse min: 0.728, max: 0.830). The sensitivity and specificity were high.
Conclusion:
The findings showed that the sensitivity and specificity of the ICDSC are high for Turkish patients.
Implications For Nursing Practice:
The ICDSC provides fast and effective evaluations of the patients for delirium. So, ICDSC may be easily integrated into routine nursing practice.
