DSI: Delirium Symptom Interview
1992Structured interview enabling lay interviewers to reliably detect the major symptoms of delirium in hospitalised patients.
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Original paper
- Original paperAlbert MS, Levkoff SE, Reilly C, Liptzin B, Pilgrim D, Cleary PD, et al. The delirium symptom interview: an interview for the detection of delirium symptoms in hospitalized patients. Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology. 1992;5(1):14-21. doi: 10.1177/002383099200500103. PMID: 1571069.
This is the original published source for DSI. It reported sensitivity of 90% and specificity of 80% against the study's independent clinical reference assessment.
At a glance
- Purpose
- Episodic assessment
- Population
- Adult
- Setting
- General / acute hospital
- Time
- variable
- Items
- 7
- Score or threshold
- Delirium Symptom Interview positive
Format: The instrument records 7 scored items or observations. This site classifies it under episodic assessment and detailed phenomenological and/or neuropsychological assessment. It is intended for adult use in General / acute hospital. The stated administration time is variable. The published result is recorded using Delirium Symptom Interview positive.
Evidence
Reported sensitivity and specificity
Original/source study · 1992 — pmid:1571069
- Denominator
- Reported source unit: 50 (analysis unit not fully reconciled)
- Reference standard
- Independent psychiatrist and neurologist assessment of DSM-III delirium symptom domains; a reference case required both physicians to rate at least one critical symptom possible, probable or definite
Original validation, n=50.
More evidence and citation details
- Full name
- Delirium Symptom Interview
- Also known as
- DSI
- Evidence summary
- multi
- Diagnostic-accuracy studies
- 3
- Reference standard
- Independent psychiatrist and neurologist assessment of DSM-III delirium symptom domains; a reference case required both physicians to rate at least one critical symptom possible, probable or definite
- Citation
- Albert MS, Levkoff SE, Reilly C, Liptzin B, Pilgrim D, Cleary PD, Evans D, Rowe JW The delirium symptom interview: an interview for the detection of delirium symptoms in hospitalized patients Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology. 1992;5(1):14-21. PMID 1571069
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- 2026-07-19
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