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Clinical Trials/ISRCTN52323811
ISRCTN52323811
Completed
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A new model of hospital care for frail elderly persons admitted to hospital with delirium

Ministry of Health (Singapore)0 sites200 target enrollmentJune 13, 2011

Overview

Phase
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Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Not specified
Sponsor
Ministry of Health (Singapore)
Enrollment
200
Status
Completed
Last Updated
8 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
June 13, 2011
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
8 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
Ministry of Health (Singapore)

Eligibility Criteria

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

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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