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, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai, and Turkish.

Short CAM & Training Manual  English Version

Short CAM in Other Languages
Short CAM InstrumentArabic
Short CAM Training ManualDanish
 Dutch
 French (Belgium)
 French (France)
 German (Austria)
 German (Germany)
 Greek
 Italian
 Portuguese (Brazil)
 Portuguese (Portugal)
 Sinhalese
 Spanish (Argentina)
 Swedish
 Hebrew
  

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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Long CAM & Training Manual  English VersionLong CAM in other languages

Long CAM Instrument

Arabic
Long CAM Training ManualCzech
Long CAM Training Video

Polish

 

Sinhalese

 

Portuguese (Portugal) 

 Latin-American Spanish

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  CAM-S Training Manual
CAM-S Training Manual
  

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

FAM CAM Instrument & Training Manual – English Version 
FAM CAM Other Languages
FAM CAM Instrument  French
FAM CAM Training Manual  Spanish
   Turkish
 Portuguese (Portugal)
  

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.

CHART-DEL Instrument
CHART-DEL Training Manual
CHART-DEL InstrumentCHART-DEL Training Manual
 CHART-DEL Instrument and Training Manual (Farsi)
  

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.

DEL-B Caregiver
DEL-B Patient
DEL-B CaregiverDEL-B Patient

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.

UB-CAM
UB-CAM Training Manual
UB-CAM BlogUB-CAM Training Manual
UB-CAM InstrumentUB-CAM Chinese
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