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The Diagnostic Sensitivity of the Memorial Delirium Assessment Scale-Spanish Version.

J Pain Symptom Manage

March 2018

Primary Healthcare Centre Buenos Aires, Madrid, Spain; Primary Healthcare, Madrid, Spain; Palliative Care Unit, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain; Palliative Care Support Team, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain. Electronic address:

Background: Although Memorial Delirium Assessment Scale (MDAS) is a successful tool for delirium evaluation and monitoring, it is nevertheless important to determine whether cutoff scores vary according to the studied population. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic sensitivity of the recently validated Spanish version of the MDAS. The secondary objective was to analyze possible diagnostic differences when used in a hospice or general hospital setting.

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