32 Delerium Observation Screening (DOS) Scale

Scoring:

  • 0 = Never
  • 1 = Sometimes or Always

Observations:

  1. Dozes off during conversation or activities
  2. Is easily distracted by stimuli from the environment
  3. Does not finish question or answer
  4. Gives answers that do not fit the question
  5. Reacts slowly to instructions
  6. Thinks is somewhere else
  7. Picking, disorderly, restless
  8. Pulls IV tubing, feeding tubes, catheters etc
  9. Easily or suddenly emotional
  10. Sees/hears things which are not there

Scoring:

  • 1 = Never
  • 0 = Sometimes or Always

Observations:

  1. Maintains attention to conversation or action
  2. Knows which part of the day it is
  3. Remembers recent events

Less than 3/13 = not delirious

3/13 or greater = probably delirious

 

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