Episodes of psychomotor agitation among medical patients: findings from a longitudinal multicentre study
Year:
2020
Type of item:
Articolo in Rivista
Tipologia ANVUR:
Articolo su rivista
Language:
Inglese
Format:
A Stampa
Referee:
Sì
Name of journal:
AGING CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
ISSN of journal:
1720-8319
N° Volume:
32
Number or Folder:
6
Page numbers:
1101-1110
Keyword:
Longitudinal; Medical wards; Older; Psychomotor agitation; Risk factors
Short description of contents:
The management of delirium among older in-hospital patients is a challenge, leading to worse outcomes, including death. Specifically, psychomotor agitation, one of the main characteristics of hyperactive delirium, requires a significant amount of medical and nursing surveillance. However, despite its relevance, to date incidence and/or prevalence of psychomotor agitation, its predictors and outcomes have not been studied among Italian older patients admitted in medical units.