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DSNCPD-ICU: Difficulty Scale for Nurses who Care for Patients with Delirium in the Intensive Care Unit

2023

A workforce measure comprising a 33-item main scale and a four-item additional scale about ICU nurses' difficulties in delirium care. It does not assess the patient's delirium status.

At a glance

Purpose
Experience and impact
Population
Intensive-care nurses
Setting
Intensive care
Time
self-completed nurse questionnaire; formal completion time not reported
Items
37
Score or threshold
None for delirium detection or diagnosis

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.

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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 sourceOwaki N, Tanaka M, Kawakami A. Development of a scale measuring the difficulties faced by nurses who care for patients with delirium in intensive care units. Australian critical care : official journal of the Confederation of Australian Critical Care Nurses. 2023;36(4):455-463. doi: 10.1016/j.aucc.2022.03.011. PMID: 35595665.

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

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Classification

Classification

Experience and impactUse in intensive care unitsDetailed phenomenological and/or neuropsychological assessment

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Evidence

Diagnostic-accuracy evidenceNo eligible DTA study identified
More evidence and citation details
Full name
Difficulty Scale for Nurses who Care for Patients with Delirium in the Intensive Care Unit
Evidence summary
psychometric-development-with-later-cross-cultural-validation
Source-study sample
n = 211
Citation
Owaki N, et al. Development of a scale measuring the difficulties faced by nurses who care for patients with delirium in intensive care units Australian Critical Care. 2023;36(4):455-463. PMID 35595665
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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.

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Information checked
2026-07-19

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