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To find the proportion of elderly patients undergoing lower limb orthopedic surgeries developing post-operative delirium and to test the use of a novel risk assessment tool for predicting delirium.

Proportion of Postoperative Delirium(POD) in Elderly Orthopedic Patients and Use of the PROPDESC Risk Assessment Tool to Predict POD. - NIL

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2024/04/065364
Enrollment
200
Registered
2024-04-08
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2024-04-29

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical

Interventions

Intervention1: nil: nil Control Intervention1: nil: nil

Sponsors

Believers Church Medical College Hospital
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients aged above 60 years undergoing elective orthopaedic lower limb surgeries ASA(PS)1-3 Duration of surgery less than 240 minutes or 4 hours

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Emergency procedures Pre-existing dementia, delirium or disorders of consciousness or any neurological disorders which prevent adequate cognitive testing and delirium assessment. Post-operative requirement of ICU or HDU care/ ventilatory support/ any form of sedation. Language barriers Had undergone surgery in the past 3 months. Patient refusal to participate.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
1. Proportion of Post-operative delirium among elderly patients undergoing elective lower limb surgeries. 2.What is the effectiveness of the pre-operative PROPDESC tool in predicting post-operative delirium in elderly patients undergoing elective lower limb surgeries. 3. To explore association of risk factors in elderly undergoing elective lower limb orthopaedic surgeries.Timepoint: 18 months for studying proportion of post-operative delirium in elderly patients undergoing elective lower limb surgeries.—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Comparison of outcomes, post-operative complications, length of hospital stay and cost of treatment between patients who developed delirium versus those who did not.Timepoint: 18 months—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactGowri P M

Believers Church Medical College Hospital

ashumathai@gmail.com09888500240

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026