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The aim of this study is to compare three approaches to delirium identification for identifying patients being at risk for or with a delirium during hospitalisation in a cohort of older patients presenting to the emergency department, including retrospectively extracted indicators of delirium based on prehospital care notes, by risk assessment (VMS), and screening instrument (4AT).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A single-centre cohort study was conducted with the use of data from patients 70 years and older from Acutelines, a hospital-based biobank. extended with extraction of documented prehospital indicators based on prehospital care notes and a hospital chart-based review as a reference standard to determine whether patients experienced delirium during hospitalisation. We compared the different approaches by calculating standard performance measures (e.g. sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Data of 655 patients were included. Median age was 76 years, and 407 (62%) were male. During hospitalisation, 146 patients (22%) were identified as having a delirium. The positive likelihood ratios were 5.54 for the documented prehospital indicators, 1.55 for the VMS risk assessment, and 2.39 for the 4AT screening.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>All three approaches, the documented prehospital indicators, the VMS risk assessment, and 4AT screening, are associated with delirium during hospitalisation. 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