title: Reliability and Validity of the Intensive Care Delirium Screening Checklist in Turkish.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim was to investigate and evaluate validity and reliability of the Intensive Care Delirium Screening Checklist (ICDSC) in Turkey.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional study design was used. Fifty-nine patients in an intensive care unit for longer than 24 hr were included in this study.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Cronbach's alpha coefficient indicated that the ICDSC was a reliable test with high internal consistency (specialist nurse min: 0.720, max: 0.855; primary nurse min: 0.728, max: 0.830). The sensitivity and specificity were high.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The findings showed that the sensitivity and specificity of the ICDSC are high for Turkish patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The ICDSC provides fast and effective evaluations of the patients for delirium. So, ICDSC may be easily integrated into routine nursing practice.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Gulsah
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kose
authors.affiliation: Abdullah Bolu, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Abdullah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bolu
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Nursing, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Leyla
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ozdemir
authors.affiliation: Department of Biostatistics, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Cengizhan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Acikel
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sevgi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hatipolu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D057189:Checklist; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003693:Delirium / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000451:nursing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014421:Turkey
keywords: Delirium; ICDSC; reliability; sensitivity; specificity; validity