Symptom | Symptom rating |
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1 Disorientation |
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Verbal or behavioral manifestation of not being oriented to time or place or misperceiving persons in the environment | |
2 Inappropriate behavior |
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Behavior inappropriate to place and/or for the person; e.g., pulling at tubes or dressings, attempting to get out of bed when that is contraindicated, and the like. | |
3 Inappropriate communication |
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Communication inappropriate to place and/or for the person; e.g., in-coherence, non-communicativeness, nonsensical or unintelligible speech. | |
4 Illusions/ Hallucinations |
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Seeing or hearing things that are not there; distortions of visual objects. | |
5 Psychomotor retardation |
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Delayed responsiveness, few or no spontaneous actions/words; e.g., when the patient is prodded, reaction is deferred and/or the patient is unarousable. |