Prevalence of delirium in Gastroenterology patients: Cross-sectional study to assess prevalence of delirium using the clinical test 4AT in an acute care setting

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00014804

Enrollment

211

Registered

2018-05-25

Start date

2018-06-04

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

F05

Interventions

Group 1: The Assessment with the 4AT will be used for every participant who is at impatient state between 8:00 and 16:00 on the assessment day. Is the 4AT positive (means delirium), the delirium motor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: German language, impatient status on one of the assessment-days in one of three gastroenterological units.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: prefinal state, comatose patients, insufficient German language

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Prevalence of delirium according to the 4AT in a timeframe of 2 month with 6 points of assessment (every 12 days)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Subtype of delirium according to the delirium motor subtype scale. Correlation of delirium and age, liver-disease, gender and lenght of stay until assessment (data of Patientrecords)	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactRonja Pazouki

UNIVERSITÄTSKLINIKUM FREIBURG

ronja.pazouki@uniklinik-freiburg.de004976127033580

Outcome results

None listed

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