Cognitive and Lifestyle interventions to Understand the impact on the Elderly of anaesthesia and Surgery (The CLUES trial)
- Conditions
- DeliriumDementiaPostoperative Cognitive DysfunctionSurgeryAnaesthesiaAnaesthesiology - AnaestheticsSurgery - Other surgeryNeurological - Dementias
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12617000513314
- Lead Sponsor
- St Vincent's Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Withdrawn
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 50
1. 65yrs and older
2. Sufficient English to complete consent and neuropsychological testing
3. Current referral to a surgeon for further treatment including any elective surgical procedure or diagnostic procedure requiring sedation.
1. Prior neurological deficit (eg Stroke)
2. Contraindication to neuropsychological testing such as language, visual or hearing impairment
3. Patients requiring 3rd party consent for their procedure
4. Patients who will undergo surgery within 1 month of their initial visit (to allow sufficient time for uptake of intervention)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Disability free survival at 12 months as assessed by the WHODAS[12 months following surgery];Feasibility will be measured by uptake of the education program by research participants. This will be assessed by telephone interview. [30 days post surgery]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method level of depression[assessed by GDS at 3 and 12 month post surgery follow up]