Literature

Our research led to following publications:

Research articles:

Byrnes T, Gombar M, Price S, Cochran A, Love K, Gregory A, Rankin V, Daye-Whitehead K. Delirium is Under-Detected on Routine Screening with the CAM: a Sub-Study from World Delirium Awareness Day. Delirium Communications. Published online February 5, 2024. doi:10.56392/001c.92219

Azizi Z, O’Regan N, Dukelow T, Bohane T, Harkin E, Donnellan C, Carroll I, Costello M, O’Reilly S, Noonan C, Walsh E, Timmons S, (2024) Delirium care in hospitals in Ireland on World Delirium Awareness Day 2023. Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -)

Lindroth H, Byrnes T, Fuchita M, Hetland B, Liu K, Maya K, McAndrew NS, Mulkey MA, Nydahl P, Palakshappa J, von Haken R, Psoter KJ, Oh ES; U.S. WDAD Study Team. Delirium in the US: Results from 2023 cross-sectional World Delirium Awareness Day prevalence study. J Acad Consult Liaison Psychiatry. 2024 Jun 27:S2667-2960(24)00067-3

Nydahl P, Liu K, Bellelli G, Benbenishty J, van den Boogaard M, Caplan G, Chung CR, Elhadi M, Gurjar M, Heras-La Calle G, Hoffmann M, Jeitziner MM, Krewulak K, Mailhot T, Morandi A, Nawa RK, Oh ES, Collet MO, Paulino MC, Lindroth H, von Haken R; WDAD Study Group. A world-wide study on delirium assessments and presence of protocols. Age Ageing. 2024 Jul 2;53(7):afae129. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afae129

Ornago AM, Pinardi E, Okoye C, Mazzola P, Ferrara MC, Finazzi A, Nydahl P, von Haken R, Lindroth H, Liu K, Morandi A, Bellelli G; National Collaborators; Italian Participating Clinicians. Delirium prevalence and delirium literacy across Italian hospital wards: a secondary analysis of data from the World Delirium Awareness Day 2023. Eur Geriatr Med. 2024 Jul 18. doi: 10.1007/s41999-024-01019-5

Lindroth H, Liu K, Szalacha L, Ashkenazy S, Bellelli G, van den Boogaard M, Caplan G, Chung CR, Elhadi M, Gurjar M, Heras-La-Calle G, Hoffman M, Jeitziner M-M, Krewulak K, Mailhot T, Morandi A, Nawa RK, Oh ES, Collet MO, Paulino MC, von Haken R, Nydahl P, for the WDAD Study Team. World delirium awareness and quality survey in 2023—a worldwide point prevalence study. Age and Ageing. 2024;53(11). afae248. doi:10.1093/ageing/afae248.

Nawa, R. K., Avelino-Silva, T. J., Castro, R. E. V., Goldberg, M. A., Makikado, L. D. U., Sanhueza, F. T., Heras-La-Calle, G., Lindroth, H. L., Liu, K., Haken, R., Nydahl, P. (2024). Enhancing delirium awareness in South America: current insights and future perspectives for research and practice. Einstein (Sao Paulo)., 22, eCE1332.

Naeem F, Penfold RS, Soiza RL, Von Haken R, Lindroth H, Liu K, Nydahl P, Quinn TJ. Delirium assessment, management and barriers to effective care across Scotland: A secondary analysis of survey data from World Delirium Awareness Day 2023. J R Coll Physicians Edinb. 2024 Nov 29:14782715241301486

Krewulak KD, Lee LA, Strayer K, Armstrong J, Baig N, Brouillette J, Deemer K, Jaworska N, Kissel KA, MacDonald C, Mailhot T, Rewa OG, Sy E, Nydahl P, von Haken R, Lindroth H, Liu K, Fiest KM. The 2023 World delirium awareness and quality Survey: A Canadian substudy. Intensive Crit Care Nurs. 2025 Mar 1;88:103980. doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2025.103980

Schimböck, F., Krüger, L., Hoffmann, M., Jeitziner, M.-M., Lindroth, H., Liu, K., Nydahl, P., Von Haken, R., Thomas Exl, M., & Fischbacher, S. (2025, 2025/06/01/). Delirium prevalence and management in general wards, emergency departments, rehabilitation centres and nursing homes in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (DACH countries): A secondary analysis of a worldwide point prevalence study. International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances, 8, 100309.

Ornago AM, Pinardi E, Ferrara MC, Timmons S, Okoye C, Finazzi A, Mazzola P, Nydahl P, von Haken R, Lindroth H, Liu K, Morandi A, Bellelli G; WDAD Study Group. Epidemiology and assessments of delirium in nursing homes and rehabilitation facilities: a cross-country perspective. Eur Geriatr Med. 2025 Apr 28. doi: 10.1007/s41999-025-01207-x

Exl MT, Fischbacher S, Lindroth H, Liu K, Hoffmann M, Jeitziner MM, Nydahl P, von Haken R, Krüger L, Schimböck F; WDAD Study Group. Delirium prevalence, interventions and barriers in intensive care units in German-speaking countries: A retrospective cross-sectional secondary analysis. Nurs Crit Care. 2025 May;30(3):e70041

Castro R, Avelino-Silva T, Nawa R, Collet M, Timmons S, Bellelli G, van den Boogaard M, Mailhot T, Morandi A, Woien H, Alhammad A, Liu K, Von Haken R, Lindroth H, Nydahl P. Performing An International Point Prevalence Study Increases Awareness for Delirium. Delirium. 2025. Epub 29.9.2025. doi:10.56392/001c.141065.

Collet MO, Shultz M, Laerkner E, Riis CBS, Larsen LK, Kjærgaard KM, Emme C, Tousgaard I, Bech B, Krapper AD, Thorn L, Nielsen AH, Miller PR, Segers CG, Winther MD, Fischer S, Jakobsen S, Fredenslund TT, Fuglsbjerg C, Svenningsen H. Delirium prevalence and screening in the Danish healthcare system. Dan Med J. 2025 Sep 9;72(10):A01250038


Posters:

Lindroth H, Liu K, Bellelli G, Benbenishty J, van den Boogaard M, Caplan G, Chung CR, Elhadi M, Gurjar M, Heras La Calle G, Hoffmann M, Jeitziner JJ, Krewulak K, Mailhot T, Morandi A, Nawa RK, Oh E, Oxenboell-Collet M, Paulino C, Von Haken R, Nydahl P, and the WDAD Study Group. World Delirium Prevalence Study. Poster on the 36th Annual Congress European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, October 21st-25th 2023, Milano, Italy.

Exl MT, Fischbacher S, Jeitziner MM, Hofmann M, Nydahl P, Krüger L, Schimböck F plus WDAD study group. Delirium prevalence, interventions and barriers in delirium management in intensive care units in German speaking countries: A retrospective cross-sectional secondary analysis. Jahrestagung Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Intensivmedizin 18.-20. September 2024, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Lau YH, Venkatesan K, See KC, Tan RA, Ng L, Soong J, Qadri SK, Tan J, Tan HL, Tien C, Ning Loo K, Yuan Goh Q, Lindroth H, Liu K, von Haken R, Nydahl P. Delirium prevalence and practices across ICUs in Singapore - Point prevalence survey by the World Delirium Awareness Day study team, for SICM-NICER. Asian Pacific Intensive Care Symposium, 17.-19.8.2024, Singapore.



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