DFI: Delirium Frontal Index

2020

A research composite of dysexecutive and frontal-release signs studied as a delirium discriminator in a population with substantial dementia. It has only single-study evidence and is not a routine general screen.

Classification

Domain-specific or adjunctive measureCognitive tests designed for delirium Detailed phenomenological and/or neuropsychological assessment

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Original paper

Principal sourceFranco JG, Trzepacz PT, Velásquez-Tirado JD, Ocampo MV, Serna PA, Giraldo AM, et al. Discriminant Performance of Dysexecutive and Frontal Release Signs for Delirium in Patients With High Dementia Prevalence: Implications for Neural Network Impairment. Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry. 2021;62(1):56-69. doi: 10.1016/j.psym.2020.04.002. PMID: 32444154.
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At a glance

Purpose: Domain-specific or adjunctive measure
Population: Hospitalised adults in a high-dementia-prevalence sample
Setting: General / acute hospital
Time: bedside neurological examination; exact time not reported

Evidence

Evidence maturityNo eligible DTA study identified

More evidence and citation details

Full name: Delirium Frontal Index
Evidence summary: single-DTA
Citation: Franco JG, Trzepacz PT, Velasquez-Tirado JD, Ocampo MV, Serna PA, Giraldo AM, Lopez C, Zuluaga A, Zaraza-Morales D Discriminant Performance of Dysexecutive and Frontal Release Signs for Delirium in Patients With High Dementia Prevalence: Implications for Neural Network Impairment Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry. 2021;62(1):56-69. PMID 32444154

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Version: Combined frontal-release and executive-function index reported in 2020
Information checked: 2026-07-19

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