Nu-DESC DK: The Danish Version of the Nursing Delirium Screening Scale

Nu-DESC DK: The Danish Version of the Nursing Delirium Screening Scale (Nu-DESC DK)

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02628925

Acronym

Nu-DESC DK

Enrollment

Registered

2015-12-11

Start date

2014-09-30

Completion date

2015-04-30

Last updated

2015-12-11

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Conditions

Delirium

Keywords

mass screening, Nursing diagnosis, Psychiatric Status Rating Scale

Brief summary

Delirium is one of the most common complications among elderly hospitalized patients, postoperative patients and patients on intensive care units. The reported prevalence is between 11 and 80 %. Delirium is associated with a high morbidity and threefold higher 6-month mortality. The Nursing-Delirium Screening Scale (Nu-DESC) is a screening tool with a high sensitivity and specificity. The purpose of this study is to translate the Nu-DESC to danish and evaluate afterwards its feasibility and understanding by different medical staff. Material and methods: The Nu-DESC will be translated after International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) guidelines to Danish by permission of the original author. The evaluation will be performed, by filling out evaluation forms, where the feasibility and understanding will be rated on a 6 step Likert scale.

Detailed description

Translation of the original tool and evaluation of understanding and feasibility by medical staff.

Interventions

DEVICENu-DESC DK

Nu-DESC DK as a screening tool is presented to the medical staff and they have to evaluate the tool an evaluate the screening tool on a evaluation form and rates on a 6 step Likert scale.

Study design

Observational model

CASE_CONTROL

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Medical staff working in the recovery room or orthopedic ward

Exclusion criteria

* Medical staff from other wards

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Difference in understanding of the content of Nu-DESC DK by different medical staff groups	Within the first week after questionnaire is filled out	All five sections of Nu-DESC DK will each be rated on a 6 step Likert scale regarding language and content.
Difference in feasibility of the content of Nu-DESC DK by different medical staff groups	Within the first week after questionnaire is filled out	All five sections of Nu-DESC DK will each be rated on a 6 step Likert scale regarding time and usability

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026