DELIKT: DELIrium risK Tool

2023

A single-centre EHR-derived score for incident delirium risk in older non-ICU inpatients. It is a prediction model requiring external and implementation validation, not a current-delirium screen.

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Future-risk prediction

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Original paper

Principal sourceSchulthess-Lisibach AE, Gallucci G, Benelli V, Kälin R, Schulthess S, Cattaneo M, et al. Predicting delirium in older non-intensive care unit inpatients: development and validation of the DELIrium risK Tool (DELIKT). International journal of clinical pharmacy. 2023;45(5):1118-1127. doi: 10.1007/s11096-023-01566-0. PMID: 37061661.
This paper reports the development and initial validation of DELIKT. 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: Future-risk prediction
Population: Older non-intensive-care hospital inpatients without delirium at baseline
Setting: General / acute hospital
Time: potentially automated from EHR data in the first 24 hours
Score or threshold: More than 20 points was associated with incident delirium in the source cohort; thresholds may be adapted and require external validation

Evidence

Evidence maturityNo eligible DTA study identified

Reported sensitivity and specificity

79.7%

Sensitivity

62.3%

Specificity

At the published threshold above 20; odds ratio 5.9 for incident delirium.

More evidence and citation details

Full name: DELIrium risK Tool
Evidence summary: single-centre-retrospective-development-and-internal-validation
Citation: Schulthess-Lisibach AE, Gallucci G, Benelli V, et al. Predicting delirium in older non-intensive care unit inpatients: development and validation of the DELIrium risK Tool (DELIKT) International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy. 2023;45(5):1118-1127. PMID 37061661

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