Non-pharmacological Prevention of Postoperative Delirium by Occupational Therapy Teams in Patients Older Than 75 Years Undergoing High-risk Elective Surgery
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 160
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Subsyndromal delirium
研究概览
简要总结
In the world, 230 million surgeries are performed every year and US data indicates that more than a third of patients who undergo surgery are older than 65 years, in which between 10 and 70% develop postoperative delirium (POD). Patients who develop POD have poor outcomes, such as a longer hospital stay, a deterioration in functional and cognitive status, high mortality rates, and an increase in health costs.
Delirium is an entity that in a significant percentage is preventable, thus preventing the development of POD is fundamental. In fact, in older adults hospitalized in the no surgical ward, the implementation of non-pharmacological prevention measures of delirium has consistently shown to significantly prevent the development of this condition. However, limited information is available about the usefulness of non-pharmacological intervention protocols applied in the perioperative context to prevent POD.
The main aim of this project is to determine whether the application of non-pharmacological measures during the perioperative period prevents POD in elderly patients undergoing highly complex elective surgeries.
The hypothesis is that the application of these measures decreases the incidence of delirium in this population.
详细描述
To determine whether non-pharmacological measures decrease the incidence of POD during the perioperative period in elderly patients undergoing highly complex elective surgeries, it will be performed a randomized clinical trial, where two groups of patients older than 75 years undergoing highly complex elective surgeries will be compared:
- The first group will receive a protocol of non-pharmacological interventions implemented by occupational therapy teams to prevent delirium plus standard non-pharmacological prevention interventions.
- The second group will only receive standard non-pharmacological prevention interventions.
This study will be carried out in the surgical units of the Hospital Clinico de la Universidad de Chile (HCUCH) and in the Hospital San Jose (HSJ).
The expected result is to demonstrate that the interventions carried out by occupational therapists decrease the incidence of DPO in a significant way in comparison with standard prevention intervention.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- Double (Care Provider, Investigator)
盲法说明
Patients were randomized in 16 blocks of 10 patients and only one investigator has the randomized information. This researcher will not have any role in the recruitment, intervention, and diagnosis of postoperative delirium. Also, the analysis of data will be performed by researchers who will be masked to the randomization information.
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 75 Years 至 —（Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Hospital admission for highly complex elective surgery
排除标准
- •History of cognitive impairment.
- •A low score in Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE): <23 points if the patient has 6 or more years of schooling, and <18 points if the patient has <6 years of schooling.
- •Severe communication disorder and cultural language limitation (language other than Spanish).
- •Delirium on admission or prior to the start of the intervention (measured with CAM).
- •Patient enrolled in another study
结局指标
主要结局
Subsyndromal delirium
时间窗: 5 days
Developing postoperative subsyndromal delirium evaluated by CAM (incomplete criteria for delium diagnostic)
Delirium
时间窗: 5 days
Developing postoperative delirium evaluated by CAM (complete criteria for delirium diagnostic)
次要结局
- Lenght of hospital stay(30 days)
- Mortality(30 days)
- Severity of delirium(5 days)
- Duration of delirium(5 days)
研究者
Antonello Penna
Anesthesiologist, Assistent Professor
University of Chile