title: Delirium-related distress in caregivers: a study from a tertiary care centre in India.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the caregiver's distress with symptoms of delirium.
  
  
  METHODS
  Consenting adult caregivers (>18 years of age) of patients with delirium were evaluated for the distress due to symptoms of delirium.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The study included 72 primary caregivers of patients with delirium. Symptoms of delirium that led to severe or very severe distress in more than two thirds of the caregivers included decreased sleep, increased motor activity, attempts to remove intravenous lines, tubings, etc., and attempts to get out of bed when they were actually required to lie down.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Overall experience of delirium was very distressing for the caregivers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India. drsandeepg2002@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Sandeep
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Grover
authors.forename: Ruchita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shah
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D017281:Cost of Illness; D003693:Delirium / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D062606:Tertiary Care Centers; D055815:Young Adult