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Table 2 The routine use of pain, agitation and delirium scale assessment: results of questionnaire survey collected from 91 physicians

From: A gap existed between physicians’ perceptions and performance of pain, agitation-sedation and delirium assessments in Chinese intensive care units

Items

Number (%)

Routinely use a scale/score for pain assessment

64 (70.3%)

 Visual Analogue Scale

24 (37.5%)

 Numerical Rating Scale

12 (18.8%)

 Verbal Rating Scale

9 (14.1%)

 Faces Pain Scale

5 (7.8%)

 Behavioral Pain Scale

3 (4.7%)

 Critical-care Pain Observation Tool

11 (17.2%)

 Others

0

Routinely use a scale/score for agitation/sedation assessment

75 (82.4%)

 Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale

55 (73.3%)

 Sedation Agitation Scale

13 (17.3%)

 Ramsay scale

7 (9.3%)

 Motor Activity Assessment Scale

0

 Others

0

Routinely screen patients daily for delirium

48 (52.7%)

 Confusion Assessment Method for the ICU

43 (89.6%)

 Intensive Care Delirium Screening Checklist

5 (10.4%)

 Others

0

  1. ICU intensive care unit