VAS-AC — Visual Analogue Scale for Acute Confusion
n/dA visual-analogue rating on which nurses mark the degree of a patient's acute confusion, giving a quick continuous measure for monitoring. Included to match the NIDUS inventory; a single canonical record and year were not confirmed here, so the link is a PubMed search.
Full nameVisual Analogue Scale for Acute Confusion
Also known asVAS-AC, Visual Analog Scale for Acute Confusion, Visual Analogue Scale
PurposeMonitoring / repeated screening
PopulationAdult
SettingGeneral / acute hospital
Items1
Administration<1 min
EvidenceReference not confirmed
ReferenceA nurse-marked visual-analogue rating of acute confusion, circulated as a NIDUS instrument card and rooted in 1980s nursing research (Nagley/Vermeersch), but without a standalone validation paper. No single canonical paper was confirmed; the link opens a PubMed search.
* 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.