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Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 4:69-76, February 1996
© 1996 American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
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Neuropsychological Tests for Monitoring Delirium Severity in Elderly Patients

Kathy J. Christensen, Ph.D., Kris M. Bettin, B.S., Kris M. Jilk, B.A., Derik T. Weldon, B.A., and John R. Mach Jr., M.D.

From the Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN.

The authors identified neuropsychological tests appropriate for use in monitoring delirium severity in elderly patients. Ten elderly patients were administered a battery of tests while they were delirious and later during their recovery. All of the measures showed significant improvement across the two occasions (P < 0.05). Examination of components of variance suggests that modified versions of the Forward Digit Span, Similarities, or Oral Sentence Spelling tests or a combination of Forward Digit Span and Similarities or Oral Sentence Spelling are likely to be most effective in monitoring delirium severity.






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