CSE — Confusional State Evaluation

1997

A 22-item observer-rated scale for grading the severity of delirium (confusional state) in older people and tracking its course over time.

Severity measurementSingle validation study

Severity scale; confusion score correlated r=0.79 with expert global rating (n=71).

Full nameConfusional State Evaluation

Also known asCSE

PurposeSeverity measurement

PopulationAdult

SettingGeneral / acute hospital

Items—

Administrationvariable

EvidenceSingle validation study

Reference typeOriginal validation study

ReferenceRobertsson B, Karlsson I, Styrud E, Gottfries CG. Confusional State Evaluation (CSE): an instrument for measuring severity of delirium in the elderly. Br J Psychiatry. 1997;170:565-70. PMID 9330025

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