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DBS-HCP: Delirium Burden Scale for Healthcare Providers

2025

A 22-item self-report measure of delirium-related burden experienced by physicians and nurses on adult general wards. It measures staff and organisational burden, not patient delirium.

At a glance

Purpose
Experience and impact
Population
Adult
Setting
General / acute hospital
Time
self-completed; formal time not reported
Items
22
Score or threshold
No validated cutoff; higher values indicate greater burden

Primary validation papers

0 identified diagnostic-accuracy papers

Other forms of validation are described in the evidence section. What is counted?

Large-scale clinical implementation

Not yet reviewed.

A focused implementation review has not yet been completed for this profile.

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Original paper

  • Principal sourceUeda N, Tazaki I, LoPresti M, Shibuya Y, Tokita S, Ogawa A, et al. Development and validation of the Delirium Burden Scale for Healthcare Providers (DBS-HCP). PCN reports : psychiatry and clinical neurosciences. 2025;4(4):e70226. doi: 10.1002/pcn5.70226. PMID: 41132521.

    This paper reports the development and initial validation of DBS-HCP. It is the main source for the method, its intended use and the evidence available at publication.

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    Article PDF: CC BY. This licence applies to the article PDF and does not grant rights to reproduce the tool.

No eligible DTA study identifiedRelated context
Classification

Classification

Experience and impactDetailed phenomenological and/or neuropsychological assessment

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Evidence

Diagnostic-accuracy evidenceNo eligible DTA study identified
More evidence and citation details
Full name
Delirium Burden Scale for Healthcare Providers
Evidence summary
psychometric-validation
Source-study sample
n = 622 respondents: 311 physicians and 311 nurses
Citation
Ueda N, Tazaki I, LoPresti M, Shibuya Y, Tokita S, Ogawa A, Okuda S Development and validation of the Delirium Burden Scale for Healthcare Providers (DBS-HCP) PCN Reports. 2025;4(4):e70226. PMID 41132521
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Primary validation studies

Distinct primary publications from the current diagnostic-accuracy audit. Reviews and repeated evaluations within one paper are not counted again. Overlapping cohorts have not all been reconciled. Read the counting rules and limitations.

No eligible diagnostic-accuracy paper is currently included in this audit. This does not mean the tool has never been validated. The source paper and other evidence on this profile may concern severity, reliability or another measurement purpose.

Copyright and reuse
Version
Final Japanese 22-item DBS-HCP published in 2025
Rights holder
Merck & Co., Inc. (article copyright statement; no separate instrument notice located)
Licence
CC-BY-4.0 ↗
Information checked
2026-07-19

Instrument-specific terms apply. See the access and copyright policy or send a correction.

Base clinical review: 2026-07-29. Instrument description source check: 2026-09-05. Scope and limitations.