GAR — Global Attentiveness Rating

1997

A brief global clinician rating of a patient's attentiveness during interview, used as a rapid proxy for the inattention central to delirium.

Cognitive test for deliriumDetailed research assessmentSingle validation study

Global attentiveness rated on a 10-cm visual analogue scale; bedside attention tests aided identification of delirium (n=87 completing).

Full nameGlobal Attentiveness Rating

Also known asGAR

PurposeCognitive test for delirium, Detailed research assessment

PopulationAdult

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Administrationvariable

EvidenceSingle validation study

Reference typeOriginal validation study

ReferenceO'Keeffe ST, Gosney MA. Assessing attentiveness in older hospital patients: global assessment versus tests of attention. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1997;45(4):470-3. PMID 9100717

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