title: Delirium in older people in hospital: an education programme.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of an educational programme on the identification and management of delirium by nurses in the medical wards of a tertiary care hospital in South India.
  
  
  METHODS
  A non-equivalent controlled pre- and post-intervention research design was used. The sample size of nurses through convenient sampling was 15 in the experimental group and 17 in the comparison group. A questionnaire was used to assess the knowledge of nurses and an observation checklist was used to assess practice. The Confusion Assessment METHOD ( Inouye et al, 1990 ) was used to detect delirium among older people who were hospitalised. Data collection was carried out over a 6-week period.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was a significant improvement in the knowledge (p<0.001) and practice (p<0.003) of nurses in the experimental group following the educational programme.
authors: Tutor, St. Theresa of Child Jesus School of Nursing, Chennai, South India.
authors: Nibi C
authors: NC
authors: Varghese
authors: Leah
authors: L
authors: Macaden
authors: Beulah
authors: B
authors: Premkumar
authors: Prasad
authors: P
authors: Mathews
authors: Saravanan
authors: S
authors: Kumar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003479:Curriculum; D003693:Delirium / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000451:nursing*; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D006113:United Kingdom; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Delirium; Identification; Indian context; Management; Older people