Enhancing Delirium Recognition: A 4AT Implementation Audit by the Mental Health Liaison Team at Southend Hospital
Aims: This audit aimed to increase the use of the 4AT (4 A’s Test) within the Mental Health Liaison Team (MHLT) at Southend Hospital to enhance delirium awareness and recognition, thereby facilitating early discharge and improving patient outcomes. The 4AT is a validated and sensitive delirium detec...
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| description | Aims: This audit aimed to increase the use of the 4AT (4 A’s Test) within the Mental Health Liaison Team (MHLT) at Southend Hospital to enhance delirium awareness and recognition, thereby facilitating early discharge and improving patient outcomes. The 4AT is a validated and sensitive delirium detection tool, specifically designed for ease of clinical use, and supported by extensive diagnostic accuracy data from over 24 studies involving more than 5,000 observations. It is particularly useful as it can be administered to patients who are too sleepy or restless for traditional cognitive testing. Despite its advantages, compliance with 4AT documentation within the MHLT was initially low. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-aef235e6c6bd4cb3a149261201615b2e2025-08-20T03:15:30ZengCambridge University PressBJPsych Open2056-47242025-06-0111S234S23410.1192/bjo.2025.10585Enhancing Delirium Recognition: A 4AT Implementation Audit by the Mental Health Liaison Team at Southend HospitalRoxana Farcasan0Mohamed Ibrahim1Fiona McDowall2Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, Rochford, United KingdomEssex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, Rochford, United KingdomEssex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, Southend, United KingdomAims: This audit aimed to increase the use of the 4AT (4 A’s Test) within the Mental Health Liaison Team (MHLT) at Southend Hospital to enhance delirium awareness and recognition, thereby facilitating early discharge and improving patient outcomes. The 4AT is a validated and sensitive delirium detection tool, specifically designed for ease of clinical use, and supported by extensive diagnostic accuracy data from over 24 studies involving more than 5,000 observations. It is particularly useful as it can be administered to patients who are too sleepy or restless for traditional cognitive testing. Despite its advantages, compliance with 4AT documentation within the MHLT was initially low.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056472425105851/type/journal_article |
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| title | Enhancing Delirium Recognition: A 4AT Implementation Audit by the Mental Health Liaison Team at Southend Hospital |
| title_full | Enhancing Delirium Recognition: A 4AT Implementation Audit by the Mental Health Liaison Team at Southend Hospital |
| title_fullStr | Enhancing Delirium Recognition: A 4AT Implementation Audit by the Mental Health Liaison Team at Southend Hospital |
| title_full_unstemmed | Enhancing Delirium Recognition: A 4AT Implementation Audit by the Mental Health Liaison Team at Southend Hospital |
| title_short | Enhancing Delirium Recognition: A 4AT Implementation Audit by the Mental Health Liaison Team at Southend Hospital |
| title_sort | enhancing delirium recognition a 4at implementation audit by the mental health liaison team at southend hospital |
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