D-Scale: Delirium Scale
1973A historical 58-item, 13-domain clinician-rated research scale described in 1973. Its source paper did not validate delirium detection.
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Tool and original sources
This record describes a method rather than a downloadable bedside form. The main source is linked below.
Original paper
- Original paperLowy FH, Engelsmann F, Lipowski ZJ. Study of cognitive functioning in a medical population. Comprehensive psychiatry. 1973;14(4):331-8. doi: 10.1016/0010-440x(73)90025-4. PMID: 4724659.
This is the original published source for D-Scale. It is the main source for the method, its intended use and the evidence available at publication.
At a glance
- Purpose
- Contextual, historical or service record
- Population
- Adult
- Time
- variable
- Items
- 58
Format: The instrument records 58 scored items or observations. It is a detailed research assessment instrument for adult use in the setting described in the source study. The stated administration time is variable.
Evidence
Reported metric context
Development/descriptive study (n=65); no participants were diagnosed with delirium and no diagnostic-accuracy validation was performed.
More evidence and citation details
- Full name
- Delirium Scale
- Also known as
- D-Scale
- Evidence summary
- historical-source-only
- Citation
- Lowy FH, Engelsmann F, Lipowski ZJ. Study of cognitive functioning in a medical population. Compr Psychiatry. 1973;14(4):331-8. PMID 4724659
Copyright and reuse
- Version
- Historical 58-item description (1973); complete item set not published in the source paper
- Information checked
- 2026-07-19
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