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To validate the Memorial Delirium Assessment Scale (MDAS) and evaluate how delirium severity and psychomotor subtypes associate with post-surgical outcomes after hip fracture repair.

May 1, 2002Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Delirium Severity and Psychomotor Types: Their Relationship with Outcomes after Hip Fracture Repair

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EMEdward R. MarcantonioBoston University TTTimothy TaMedical College of Wisconsin EDEdmund H. DuthieMedical College of Wisconsin

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Prospective cohort study shows severe and hyperactive delirium worsen recovery after hip fracture surgery, indicating the need for continuous symptom monitoring beyond simple binary diagnosis.

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To validate the Memorial Delirium Assessment Scale (MDAS) and evaluate how delirium severity and psychomotor subtypes associate with post-surgical outcomes after hip fracture repair.
Prospective study of 122 hospital patients aged 65 and older (mean age 79 ± 8 years) undergoing acute hip fracture surgery.
Delirium presence was evaluated daily postoperatively using the Confusion Assessment Method (CAM), while delirium severity and psychomotor subtypes (purely hypoactive vs. any hyperactivity) were measured using the MDAS.
Outcomes including functional status, ambulatory ability, and combined nursing home placement or mortality were tracked via interviews at 1 and 6 months.
Delirium developed in 40% of patients; those with severe delirium had significantly higher rates of nursing home placement or death at 6 months compared to mild cases (52% vs 17%, P = .009).
Patients with subsyndromal delirium who failed full CAM criteria had worse 6-month nursing home placement or death rates than those with few or no symptoms (27% vs 0%, P = .001), showing outcomes comparable to mild delirium.
Pure hypoactive delirium comprised 71% (34/48) of cases with lower severity scores (mean MDAS 10.6 vs 14.8, P = .007) and lower 1-month rates of nursing home placement or death than cases with any hyperactivity (32% vs 79%, P = .003).

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Marcantonio et al. (2002) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a11cbcd11d1a9d8e2563249 https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50210.x

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Prospective cohort study shows severe and hyperactive delirium worsen recovery after hip fracture surgery, indicating the need for continuous symptom monitoring beyond simple binary diagnosis.

Delirium Severity and Psychomotor Types: Their Relationship with Outcomes after Hip Fracture Repair

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