Optimising acute delirium care in Tan Tock Seng Hospital

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Delirium care in frail older persons admitted to the geriatric medicine department; Mental and Behavioural Disorders; Delirium associated with dementia

• Registration Number: ISRCTN52323811
• Lead Sponsor: Ministry of Health (Singapore)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-06-13
• Last Update Posted: 3 July 2017

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 200

Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients above age of 65 years old
2. Admitted to the geriatric medicine department in Tan Tock Seng Hospital who were assessed to have delirium (either on admission or incident delirium during hospital stay)

Exclusion Criteria

1. Medical illnesses which requires special monitoring (e.g. telemetry for arrhythmias or acute myocardial infarction)
2. Deemed to be dangerously ill, in coma or had terminal illness
3. Uncommunicative patients or patients with severe aphasia
4. Severely combative behaviour with high risk of harm
5. Patients with mania or other severe eye disorders and other contraindications to bright light therapy (such as patients on photosensitising medications)
6. Patients with respiratory or contact precautions, or there was verbal refusal of GMU stay by family, patient or physician in charge

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified