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Delirium the under‐recognised syndrome: survey of healthcare professionals’ awareness and practice in the intensive care units

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  • Abeer A Selim
  • E. Wesley Ely

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Aims and objectives To survey intensive care unit healthcare professionals’ awareness and practice related to delirium. Background Despite the current evidence revealing the risks linked to delirium and advances in practice guidelines promoting delirium assessment, healthcare professionals show little sensitivity towards delirium and evident training needs. Design The study had a cross‐sectional survey design. Methods A sample of 168 intensive care unit healthcare professionals including nurses and physicians completed a semistructured questionnaire to survey their awareness, screening and management of delirium in intensive care units. The survey took place at 11 intensive care units from academic (university) and nonacademic (nonuniversity) governmental hospitals in Mansoura, Egypt. Results The mean score of delirium awareness was 64·4 ± 14·0 among intensive care unit healthcare professionals. Awareness of delirium was significantly lower when definition of delirium was not provided, among diploma nurses compared to bachelor degree nurses and physicians, among those who did not attend any workshop/lecture or read an article related to delirium and lastly, those who work in an intensive care unit when

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  • Abeer A Selim & E. Wesley Ely, 2017. "Delirium the under‐recognised syndrome: survey of healthcare professionals’ awareness and practice in the intensive care units," Journal of Clinical Nursing, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 26(5-6), pages 813-824, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:jocnur:v:26:y:2017:i:5-6:p:813-824
    DOI: 10.1111/jocn.13517
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    1. Joaquim Cerejeira & Elizabeta B. Mukaetova-Ladinska, 2011. "A Clinical Update on Delirium: From Early Recognition to Effective Management," Nursing Research and Practice, Hindawi, vol. 2011, pages 1-12, June.
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