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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.

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Experience and impactDetailed phenomenological and/or neuropsychological assessment

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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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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

Evidence

Evidence maturityNo 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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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 ↗
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2026-07-19

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