The Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP) een interventie ter voorkoming van acute verwardheid (delier) bij ouderen tijdens een ziekenhuisopname.
Recruiting
- Conditions
- acute verwardheid, het delier tijdens ziekenhuisopnamedelirium during hospitalization
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON24801
- Lead Sponsor
- MC Utrecht, Divisie Revalidatie, Verpleegwetenschappen en Sport
- Brief Summary
/A
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 1081
Inclusion Criteria
1. Patients are at least 70 years of age;
2. Have no delirium and are considered at risk for delirium at admission.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Older Ppatients in life threatening situations or in a terminal palliative phase at admission;
2. Patients with an expected hospital stay of 24 hours or less;
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The primary outcome of the study is the incidence of delirium in the included patients, as diagnosed with the Confusion Assessment Method (CAM).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Health related quality of life (general quality of life, functional well being and emotional wellbeing) will be measured with the EQ-5D (37).<br><br /><br /><br>The quality of care will be examined by means of focus groups. qualitative interviews with the patienQs and their family members will be conducted. The HELP-volunteers will participate in a focus or supervision/ intervision group.<br><br /><br /><br>Cost-effectiveness:<br /><br>The primary effect parameter of the economic outcome evaluation will be the number of averted cases of delirium. The costs of the program will also be calculated ass well as the costs of care consumption.