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DMC: Delirium Motoric Checklist

2008

A 30-item research checklist combining 21 hyperactive and nine hypoactive motor features. It supplied the item pool from which the shorter DMSS was derived.

At a glance

Purpose
Motor symptoms assessment
Population
Adults with delirium and comparison patients
Setting
General / acute hospital, Palliative care
Time
rated from the preceding 24 hours; bedside scoring time not established
Items
30

Primary validation papers

0 identified diagnostic-accuracy papers

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Large-scale clinical implementation

Not yet reviewed.

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

Training and instructions

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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

  • Principal sourceMeagher DJ, Moran M, Raju B, Gibbons D, Donnelly S, Saunders J, et al. Motor symptoms in 100 patients with delirium versus control subjects: comparison of subtyping methods. Psychosomatics. 2008;49(4):300-8. doi: 10.1176/appi.psy.49.4.300. PMID: 18621935.

    This is the principal published source for DMC. It is the main source for the method, its intended use and the evidence available at publication.

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No eligible DTA study identifiedHistorical context
Classification

Classification

Motor symptoms assessmentDetailed 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 Motoric Checklist
Related profiles
DMSS, DMSS-4
Evidence summary
development-only
Citation
Meagher DJ, Moran M, Raju B, Gibbons D, Donnelly S, Saunders J, Trzepacz PT Motor symptoms in 100 patients with delirium versus control subjects: comparison of subtyping methods Psychosomatics. 2008;49(4):300-308. PMID 18621935
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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
Historical checklist/predecessor associated with development of the DMSS
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2026-07-19

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