1-year mortality in patients with dementia and delirium in acute geriatric psychiatry

• Conditions: F05; F00; G30; F01; F02; F03; F05.1; Delirium, not induced by alcohol and other psychoactive substances; Dementia in Alzheimer disease; Alzheimer disease

• Registration Number: DRKS00030088
• Lead Sponsor: VR Klinik Köln-Merheim

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-01-18
• Study Completion: 2023-08-01
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 96

Inclusion Criteria

Included patients underwent clinical treatment at LVR clinic cologne between 01.06.2021 and 01.07.2022. Moreover they participated in the project: Dementia and delirium in a geriatric psychiatry ward: clinical characterization & evaluation of movement-related behavior (DRKS-no.: 00025439).

Exclusion Criteria

no Dementia or Delirium

Immobility

Study & Design

• Study Type: observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Patients or their relatives will be interviewed About their current life situation via phone 1 year after discharge from acute geriatric care. <br><br>Primary Outcome will be the mortality (patient death yes/no - if yes: date of decease) assessed via structured phone interview exactly 1 year after discharge.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Care situation, housing situation, readmission