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The incidence rate, risk factors and effects on near and long-term outcomes after surgery of delirium in the post-anaesthesia care unit and postoperative delirium in elderly patients after general anaesthesia:a prospective cohort study

The incidence rate, risk factors and effects on near and long-term outcomes after surgery of delirium in the post-anaesthesia care unit and postoperative delirium in elderly patients after general anaesthesia:a prospective cohort study

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ChiCTR
Registry ID
ChiCTR-OOC-17012734
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2017-09-19
Start date
2017-09-21
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2017-10-02

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

Conditions

Delirium

Interventions

Case series:after general anaesthesia

Sponsors

Peking University First Hospital
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
65 Years to 90 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Elderly patients aged 60 to 90 years; 2. undergo non-emergency (>=2 hours) surgery under general anesthesia.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Refuse to participate in the study; 2. Diagnosed psychiatric disorders and neurological diseases such as epilepsy, Parkinson's Diseasemyasthenia gravis; 3. Severe dementia, comatose or logopathy patients unable to communicate; 4. Craniocerebral injury or neurosurgery; 5. ASA classification IV or above.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
incidence of delirium in the post-anaesthesia care unit after surgery;daily prevalence of postoperative delirium during the first 5 days after surgery ;

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
the degree of dysphoria during recovery;the survial duration within three years after surgery;NRS pain score during PACU and postoperative days 1-5; NRS score of subjective sleep quality during postoperative days 1-5;Length of stay in hospital after surgery;Incidence of non-delirium complications with 30 days after surgery;All-cause 30-day survival;Quality of life of 30-day survivors: assessed with QOL-Bref;Cognitive function of 30-day survivors: assessed with modified version of the TICS questionnaire;Duration of recurrence-free survival within after surgery (For patients with malignant tumors);Duration of event-free survival within after surgery (For all patients,events include recurrence of the tumor, hospitalization or death caused by any cause);Quality of life in 1-3 years survivors after surgery (assessed with QOL-Bref);Cognitive function in 1-3 years survivors after surgery (assessed with TICS-m);

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactWang Dongxin

Department of anesthesiology, Peking University FIrst Hospital

wangdongxin@hotmail.com+86 010 83575138

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 27, 2026