title: Doctors and nurses use of the word confused.
abstract: A questionnaire was sent to 274 doctors and nurses. The first section was to see if certain symptoms and signs elicited the description of patients as 'confused', and the second to discover the respondents' definitions. The results showed a marked discordance in health workers' understanding of this word 'confused' in reference to patients, and it is suggested that it should only be used if it is clearly defined.
mesh_terms: D003072:Cognition Disorders; D003142:Communication; D003221:Confusion; D006801:Humans; D009726:Nurses; D010820:Physicians; D009626:Terminology as Topic