Delirium Instruments

Dr. Sharon Inouye and colleagues have developed several instruments for the recognition and diagnosis of delirium. All instruments, training manuals, and recommendations for use can be accessed at the below links.

Confusion Assessment Method (CAM-short) – The Short CAM contains the 4 items of the CAM diagnostic algorithm. These are the first 4 items of the full 10-item CAM.

Recommended use: most widely used method for detection of delirium for both clinical and research applications. Should be scored on the basis of cognitive screening tests (e.g. SPMSQ or Mini-Cog).

Translations available in Arabic, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Portuguese, Sinhalese, Spanish, and Swedish.

Instrument
Training Manual
Short CAM – EnglishTraining Manual – English
Short CAM – Arabic 
Short CAM- Chinese (Traditional Mandarin – Taiwan) 
Short CAM – Danish 
Short CAM – Dutch 
Short CAM – French (Belgium) 
Short CAM – French (France) 
Short CAM – German (Austria) 
Short CAM – German (Germany) 
Short CAM – Greek 
Short CAM – Hebrew 
Short CAM – Italian 
Short CAM – Japanese 
Short CAM – Portuguese (Brazil) 
Short CAM – Portuguese (Portugal) 
Short CAM – Sinhalese 
Short CAM – Spanish (Argentina) 
Short CAM – Swedish 

Confusion Assessment Method (CAM-Long) – This 10-item tool is the gold standard for delirium identification in research situations.

Recommended use: broad research and clinical applications. Considered the gold standard for rating delirium– including diagnosis, severity, and behavioral subtype.

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InstrumentTraining Materials

Long CAM – English

Training Manual
Long CAM – ArabicTraining Video
Long CAM – Czech 

Long CAM – Polish

 
Long CAM – Portuguese (Portugal) 
Long CAM – Sinhalese 

Long CAM – Spanish (Latin-American)

 

FAM-CAM (Family Assessment of Delirium) – The FAM-CAM is designed to be used with family caregivers to enhance the recognition of delirium.

Recommended use: family assessment in research or clinical situations

InstrumentTraining Manual
FAM CAM – EnglishTraining Manual – English
FAM CAM – Chinese 
FAM CAM – French 
FAM CAM – Portuguese (Portugal) 
FAM CAM – Spanish (April 2024 update) 
FAM CAM – Turkish 

Ultra-Brief Confusion Assessment Method (UB CAM)- A two-step protocol with skip pattern involving a clinician-administered two-item interview (UB-2), followed, when positive, by a short interview (3D-CAM) and rating scale that uses verbal responses and observations by the rater to rate the Confusion Assessment Method (CAM) diagnostic algorithm. The following skip pattern is applied—as soon as one incorrect answer or positive patient symptom report or interview observation is positive, the remainder of the items in that CAM feature can be skipped.

InstrumentTraining Materials
UB-CAM – English

Training Manual – English

UB-CAM – ChineseIntro to UB-CAM Blog Post – English

CHART-DEL (Chart-Based Delirium Identification Instrument) – Chart-based Delirium Identification Instrument.

The CHART-DEL is a validated method that can be used to review charts (medical records) to detect the presence of delirium.

InstrumentTraining Manual
CHART-DEL – EnglishTraining Manual – English
CHART-DEL Instrument and Training Manual – Farsi 

CAM-S (Delirium Severity Scoring) – The CAM-S measures delirium severity based on the Short or Long CAM assessments.

Recommended use: assessment of delirium severity in research or clinical situations

CAM-S Scoring  Training Manual
CAM-S (Delirium Severity Scoring) – EnglishTraining Manual – English
  
Delirium Burden Instruments (DEL-B) – validated as a key first step in reliably measuring and evaluating the distress of delirium. Recommended use: intended to be used to quantify the burden of an acute delirium episode (lasting hours to days) on adult patients and their family caregivers.
Instrument
DEL-B Caregiver – English
DEL-B Patient – English