Gulsah Kose1, Abdullah Bolu2, Leyla Ozdemir3, Cengizhan Acikel4, Sevgi Hatipolu5. 1. School of Nursing, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. 2. Abdullah Bolu, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. 3. Faculty of Nursing, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. 4. Department of Biostatistics, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey. 5. School of Nursing, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey.
Abstract
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.
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.