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Instruments for Delirium Assessment Regarding to Analgesia Sedation and Ventilator Status

Completed
Conditions
Delirium
Registration Number
NCT01720914
Lead Sponsor
Charite University, Berlin, Germany
Brief Summary

In this prospective, multicenter observational study we assess the diagnostic validity of the following standard screening instruments for delirium regarding sedation, analgesia and ventilator status in critically ill patients:

* Confusion Assessment Method for the ICU (CAM-ICU)

* Intensive Care Delirium Screening Checklist (ICDSC)

* Nursing-Delirium-Screening-Scale (Nu-DESC)

The definite delirium diagnosis (definite in terms of reference standard) is made according to the criteria of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 4th Edition, text revised (DSM-IV-TR) published by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) which is the Gold Standard to diagnose delirium.

Primary research question: Does sedation, ventilator status and analgesia influence the sensitivity of delirium screening tools (DST)?

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
160
Inclusion Criteria
  • Critically ill patient
  • Patient age > 18 years
Exclusion Criteria
  • Neurosurgical patients
  • Severe brain injury, intracerebral bleeding, stroke
  • Inability to communicate due to anacusia or severe hearing loss
  • Insufficient language comprehension
  • Patients < 24 h total time of Intensive Care Unit stay
  • Deep sedation (RASS < -3) for ≥ 7 days during study participation

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Sensitivity of the delirium screening/diagnosing tool "Confusion Assessment Method for the ICU (CAM-ICU)" regarding sedation and ventilator status.Participants will be followed in the 7-days sample period

Used reference standard: DSM-IV TR criteria

Sensitivity of the delirium-screening tool "Intensive-Care Delirium Screening Checklist(ICDSC)" regarding sedation and ventilator status.Participants will be followed in the 7-days sample period

Used reference standard: DSM-IV TR criteria.

Sensitivity of the delirium screening tool "Nursing Delirium Screening Scale (Nu-DESC)" regarding sedation and ventilator status.Participants will be followed in the 7-days sample period

Used reference standard: DSM-IV TR criteria

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Specificity of the "Confusion Assessment Method for the ICU (CAM-ICU)", the "Intensive Care Delirium Screening Checklist (ICDSC)" and the "Nursing Delirium Screening Scale" regarding sedation and ventilator status.Participants will be followed in the 7-days sample period

Used reference standard: DSM-IV-TR criteria.

Calculation and Analysis of the positive predictive values of the assessed delirium-screening scales.Participants will be followed in the 7-days sample period

Calculation of positive and negative predictive values of the "Confusion Assessment Method for the ICU (CAM-ICU)", the "Intensive Care Delirium Screening Checklist (ICDSC)" and the "Nursing Delirium Screening Scale" regarding sedation and ventilator status.

Used reference standard: DSM-IV-TR criteria

Incidence of deliriumParticipants will be followed in the 7-days sample period

According to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) and Confusion Assessment Method for the ICU (CAM-ICU)

Incidence of Subsyndromale Delirium (SSD)Participants will be followed in the 7-days sample period

According to Intensive Care Delirium Screening Checklist (ICDSC) and Nursing Delirium Screening Scale (Nu-DESC)

AnalgesiaParticipants will be followed in the 7-days sample period:

According to Numeric rating scale visually enlarged and laminated (NRS-V), Behavioural pain scale (BPS) and Behavioural pain scale not intubated (BPS-NI)

Ventilator statusParticipants will be followed in the 7-days sample period

Clinical observation of A) whether an airway is used B)whether a patient is ventilated with a positive pressure ventilation or a high flow ventilation for more than 6 hours per day.

Administered neuroleptics, cumulativeParticipants will be followed in the 7-days sample period
Administered analgesics, cumulativeParticipants will be followed in the 7-days sample period
Administered sedatives, cumulativeParticipants will be followed in the 7-days sample period
Severity of illnessParticipants will be followed in the 7-days sample period

according to Acute Physiology And Chronic Health score (APACHE 2), Simplified Acute Physiology Score (SAPS 2) and Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score (SOFA)

Antibiotics/infectionsParticipants will be followed in the 7-days sample period
ICU length of stayParticipants will be followed for the duration of intensive care unit stay and hospital stay, an expected average of 4 weeks
Duration of mechanical ventilationParticipants will be followed for the duration of intensive care unit stay and hospital stay, an expected average of 4 weeks
Discharge modeParticipants will be followed for the duration of intensive care unit stay and hospital stay, an expected average of 4 weeks
28-day mortalityParticipants will be followed for the duration of intensive care unit stay and hospital stay, an expected average of 4 weeks
Specificity of the "Confusion Assessment Method for the ICU (CAM-ICU)", the "Intensive Care Delirium Screening Checklist (ICDSC)" and the "Nursing Delirium Screening Scale" regarding analgesia.Participants will be followed in the 7-days sample period

Used reference standard: DSM-IV-TR criteria.

Sensitivity of the "Confusion Assessment Method for the ICU (CAM-ICU)", the "Intensive Care Delirium Screening Checklist (ICDSC)" and the "Nursing Delirium Screening Scale" regarding analgesia.Participants will be followed in the 7-days sample period

Used reference standard: DSM-IV-TR criteria.

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

Centro de Terapia Intensiva da Hospital Pro-Cardiaco

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Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, CVK/CCM, Charité -University Medicine

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Berlin, Germany

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