Patient safety, cost-effectiveness and quality of life: reduction of delirium risk and post-operative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) after elective procedures in the elderly
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- F05.0F05.1Delirium not superimposed on dementia, so describedDelirium superimposed on dementia
- Registration Number
- DRKS00013311
- Lead Sponsor
- Geriatrisches Zentrum am Universitätsklinikum Tübingen
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 1470
Inclusion Criteria
Elective surgery (heart, thorax, vessels, proximal big joints and spinal cord, genitourinary, gastrointestinal and general elective surgery procedures) with at least 60 minutes duration of surgery (cut-to-suture-time).
Exclusion Criteria
Emergency surgery, newly discovered severe dementia (Red flag: Mini Mental Status Test (MMST) < 15, Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) < 8) without authorization or legal guardian, 120 km of driving distance to the center, inability to consent due to decreased German language abilities, poor clinical prognosis (survival of less the 15 months).
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Delirium prevalence, measured by daily delirium-screening (I-Confusion Assessment Method (I-CAM-S)) over 7 days surgery, as well as after 2 and 6 months, Nursing Delirium Screening Scale (NuDESC) on days 2 and 6 post surgery, and the clinical evaluation.<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method