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Cognitive and Lifestyle interventions to Understand the impact on the Elderly of anaesthesia and Surgery (The CLUES trial)

Not Applicable
Withdrawn
Conditions
Delirium
Dementia
Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction
Surgery
Anaesthesia
Anaesthesiology - Anaesthetics
Surgery - Other surgery
Neurological - 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Withdrawn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
Inclusion Criteria

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.

Exclusion Criteria

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
NameTimeMethod
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
NameTimeMethod
level of depression[assessed by GDS at 3 and 12 month post surgery follow up]
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