RADAR — Recognizing Acute Delirium As part of your Routine

2015

Three-item tool completed by nursing staff during medication rounds; developed for feasibility and acceptability in busy settings.

Monitoring / repeated screeningSingle validation study

73%

Sensitivity*

67%

Specificity*

Full nameRecognizing Acute Delirium As part of your Routine

Also known asRADAR

PurposeMonitoring / repeated screening

PopulationAdult

SettingGeneral / acute hospital, Long-term / care home

Items3

Administration~7 sec

EvidenceSingle validation study

Reference typeOriginal validation study

ReferenceVoyer P, Champoux N, Desrosiers J, et al. Recognizing acute delirium as part of your routine [RADAR]: a validation study. BMC Nurs. 2015;14:19. PMID 25844067

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* Where shown, sensitivity/specificity are from the cited validation cohort and are not pooled estimates. Citation metadata was checked against PubMed or the publisher DOI record; a checked reference does not imply validation, study quality or endorsement. See the Methodology.