Delirium and Dementia

Smith, David A.; Brechtelsbauer, David

doi:10.1016/b978-1-4377-1160-8.10048-x

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“…Managing patients with 3Ds is considered a professional challenge among nurses. Studies have shown low levels of relevant knowledge among nurses working with such patients, and some nurses faced difficulty to describe symptoms of delirium and dementia [17] [34]. This could be attributed to lack of adequate education, where to appropriately diagnose and treat 3Ds, nurses would most likely rely on their relevant knowledge.…”

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Review of Nurses’ Knowledge of Delirium, Dementia and Depressions (3Ds): Systematic Literature Review

Yaghmour¹,

Gholizadeh²

2016

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This paper aims at reviewing literature on nurses' knowledge of delirium, dementia and depression (3Ds) which are rapidly increasing worldwide as the population ages, and to identify interventions that have shown effectiveness in improving nurses' knowledge level of these diseases. Nurses' knowledge of delirium, dementia and depression is essential to providing quality patient care. To access the literature, online databases including Medline (OVID), CINAHL (EBSCO), Nursing and Allied Health Source (ProQuest), and Health and Medicine (ProQuest), in addition to Google scholar search engine, were searched using key words "delirium", "dementia", "depression", "nurse * ", "knowledge" and their alternative words. Overall, 20 articles were found to meet the criteria for inclusion in the review. The study found that nurses' knowledge of the 3Ds was generally low, and they were not particularly able to differentiate between the three diseases. It is important that health care systems are adequately resourced to meet this growing challenge. Nurses should receive appropriate training about the 3Ds, and their knowledge be reinforced through continuing education.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Review of Nurses’ Knowledge of Delirium, Dementia and Depressions (3Ds): Systematic Literature Review

Yaghmour¹,

Gholizadeh²

2016

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“…Henceforward, to appropriately meet geriatric population demands, nurses are expected to develop skills to face relevant challenges. This was confirmed by two longitudinal studies that assessed psychogeriatric training programs within nursing homes, and found that the most important filed to develop nursing competencies was in nursing homes [7] [8]. Many studies were conducted to explore nurses' knowledge of age-related mental health.…”

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Understanding the Gap in Saudi Nurses’ Knowledge of Dementia, Depression and Delirium (the 3Ds), and Investigating Their Relevant Experience: An Exploratory Study

Yaghmour¹,

Gholizadeh²,

Alsenany³

2016

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Aim: This study aims at testing registered nurses' knowledge while working at mental health facilities and general care hospitals, through an exploratory non-experimental study using a random sample of nurse population across Saudi health facilities. Materials and Methods: The study participants were asked to complete a questionnaire consisting of four sections. Section 1 consisted of 21 questions, requesting participants to provide their background and demographic information, followed by a delirium-knowledge-assessment questionnaire (Section 2) consisting of 15 questions of which eight of them required true/false answers, and the remaining questions were multiple-choice. In Section 3, the research tool was a dementia-knowledge-assessment survey consisted of 27 questions that required true/false answers to a given statement about dementia. In Section 4, the depression-knowledge assessment survey provided multiple-choice answers. A total of 265 registered staff nurses (SNs) were included in the study, and were chosen from three Saudi healthcare centers, with an age range of 24-57 years. The participants consisted of 73% females and 27% males. Results: The knowledge of delirium, among the sampled nurses, was not high (M = 6.8906, SD = 2.13363). The employing health center influenced the delirium knowledge significantly, in addition to the job title of the participant, and their highest level of education, in addition to the fact of whether the participant has an immediate family member who has ever been diagnosed with any of the 3Ds. The averages significantly differed across the study sample with immediate family members who have been diagnosed with any of the 3Ds and those without (ANOVA, p = 0.019). Similar to the delirium knowledge, dementia knowledge, among the study participants, was not high (M = 69.2576, SD = 11.29327), and was significantly influenced by the health center, each participant's gender, nationality, job title, highest level of education, and the country where they had completed their highest level of education. The scores, obtained for de-S. Yaghmour et al. 149 mentia knowledge, were positively and significantly correlated to how individual participants rated their current dementia knowledge (ANOVA, p ˂ 0.001). Besides, the regression analysis, which showed how the participants rated their current dementia knowledge, confirmed the significance of explaining such a knowledge (ANOVA, p ˂ 0.001). Contrary to the delirium and dementia knowledge, the participants' depression knowledge was found to be high (ANOVA, SD = 1.97367), and was significantly influenced by the employing health center, the participant's gender, nationality, job title, highest level of education, and the country where they had completed their highest level of education. However, the average scores of the measurement of depression knowledge were found to be significantly different among participants from different mental health centers (ANOVA, p ˂ 0.001), their genders (ANOVA, p ˂ 0.001), and nationalities (ANOVA, p ˂ 0.001). ...

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“…Although there are validated screening tools available, such as the Confusion Assessment Method (CAM), delirium is characterized by a hallmark rapid decline into confusion or disorientation (acute onset), and waxing and waning symptomatology. Overall, factors related to increased risk of delirium are advanced age, preexisting cognitive impairment, medications, substance abuse, severe psychological stress and aging patients in a frail state, with rates of delirium among the overall aging population who present in emergency departments estimated between 10 to 20% (Freter & Rockwood, 2004; Marcantonio, Flacker, Michaels, & Resnick, 2000; Smith & Brechtelsbauer, 2011).…”

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Delirium and mental health history as predictors of aggression in individuals with dementia in inpatient settings

Wharton

Paulson

Macri

et al. 2016

Aging & Mental Health

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Delirium and Dementia

Cited by 4 publications

References 55 publications

Review of Nurses’ Knowledge of Delirium, Dementia and Depressions (3Ds): Systematic Literature Review

Review of Nurses’ Knowledge of Delirium, Dementia and Depressions (3Ds): Systematic Literature Review

Understanding the Gap in Saudi Nurses’ Knowledge of Dementia, Depression and Delirium (the 3Ds), and Investigating Their Relevant Experience: An Exploratory Study

Delirium and mental health history as predictors of aggression in individuals with dementia in inpatient settings

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