GAR: Global Attentiveness Rating
1997A brief global clinician rating of a patient's attentiveness during interview, used as a rapid proxy for the inattention central to delirium.
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Original paper
- Original paperO'Keeffe ST, Gosney MA. Assessing attentiveness in older hospital patients: global assessment versus tests of attention. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 1997;45(4):470-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1997.tb05173.x. PMID: 9100717.
This is the original published source for GAR. It is the main source for the method, its intended use and the evidence available at publication.
At a glance
- Purpose
- Domain-specific or adjunctive measure
- Population
- Adult
- Time
- variable
Format: It is a cognitive test for delirium, detailed research assessment instrument for adult use in the setting described in the source study. The stated administration time is variable.
Evidence
Reported metric context
Global attentiveness rated on a 10-cm visual analogue scale; bedside attention tests aided identification of delirium (n=87 completing).
More evidence and citation details
- Full name
- Global Attentiveness Rating
- Also known as
- GAR
- Evidence summary
- single
- Citation
- O'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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- 2026-07-19
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