K-ICDST: Korean Intensive Care Delirium Screening Tool
2016A 12-item Korean nurse-observation screen developed for adults in intensive care. It uses three domains, a 0-12 total and a published threshold of 4 or more.
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Original paper
- Original paperNam AR, Park JW. [Development of Korean Intensive Care Delirium Screening Tool (KICDST)]. Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing. 2016;46(1):149-58. doi: 10.4040/jkan.2016.46.1.149. PMID: 26963424.
This is the original published source for K-ICDST. It is the main source for the method, its intended use and the evidence available at publication.
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At a glance
- Purpose
- Episodic assessment
- Population
- Adult
- Setting
- Intensive care
- Time
- nurse observation; exact completion time not reported in the abstract
- Items
- 12
- Score or threshold
- Total ≥4 of 12
Format: A Korean ICU nurse-observation screen with 12 binary items arranged in three domains. The maximum total is 12 and the development study evaluated a threshold of 4 or more. Use the Korean source for exact item wording and administration.
Evidence
Reported sensitivity and specificity
AUC 0.98 in the development cohort of 180 ICU patients; comparator was Korean CAM-ICU.
More evidence and citation details
- Full name
- Korean Intensive Care Delirium Screening Tool
- Also known as
- K-ICDST
- Evidence summary
- single
- Diagnostic-accuracy studies
- 1
- Reference standard
- Korean CAM-ICU rather than an independent expert DSM assessment
- Citation
- Nam AR, Park JW [Development of Korean Intensive Care Delirium Screening Tool (KICDST)] Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing. 2016;46(1):149-58. PMID 26963424
Copyright and reuse
- Information checked
- 2026-07-19
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