Effectivity of a patient care service in treatment of post-operative delirium of older person – comparison of early and preventive treatment – a prospective interventional study with a well-trained care service at surgical wards of an acute care hospital

Not Applicable

• Conditions: F05.8; Other delirium

• Registration Number: DRKS00020949
• Lead Sponsor: Zentrum für Altersmedizin, Helios Klinikum Bonn/Rhein-Sieg

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-02-28
• Study Completion: 2022-02-28
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting stopped after recruiting started
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 19

Inclusion Criteria

Age = 65 years
- Operation (elective or emergency surgery)
- Patients of the three wards (surgery, orthopedics or urology)
- Polypharmacy (= 5 drugs)
- Multimorbidity (= 3 diseases)
- Cognitive decline (MMSE = 26)

Exclusion Criteria

- Delirium already before surgery
- advanced tumour diseases

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Prevalence of delirium<br>Determine the influence of an early compared to a preventive treatment

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
- Zero phase: determine the prevalence of post-operative delirium in a high risk group of people older than 65 years at surgical wards in an acute hospital.<br>- Reduction in severity of delirium<br>- Association between delirium and pain<br>- 6-month motility rate of the three study groups