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Delirium on Intensive Care Units. How does an educational intervention affect Delirium?

Delirium on Intensive Care Units. How does an educational intervention affect Delirium? - DEIN

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00033299
Enrollment
1282
Registered
2025-03-18
Start date
2025-03-11
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-04-07

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

Conditions

F05

Interventions

Group 1: - interprofessional education program for staff (6 months, 1/week) - family education (face-to-face, 1x 30 min. before visiting + 15 min. bedside education, posters, flyers, digital informat

Sponsors

Kooperation zwischen Universitätsmedizin Frankfurt, Philipps-Universität Marburg und Hochschule Fulda
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients‘ attributes - Age >18 years - = 3 days on ICU/IMC - relatives available - no common diseases with corresponding symptoms that meet the delirium screening criteria (e.g. severe dementia) - no current diseases with symptoms overlapping delirium screening criteria (e.g. delirium of different etiology, encephalopathy) Relatives’ attributes - Age >18 years - Frequent visitors (at least every second day) - Sufficient German language skills Consent given

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patients‘ attributes - do not conform with aforementioned inclusion criteria - mechanical ventilation during the entire ICU stay (no ICDSC screening of non-ventilated patient throughout the whole stay possible: no clear assessment of patient orientation possible) Relatives’ attributes - Age <18 years - infrequent visitors - insufficient German language skills - no consent given

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
- Incidence of Delirium (assessed by ICDSC - Intensive Care Delirium Screening Checklist), pre- and post- intervention, follow up

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
- Factors affecting effectiveness of intervention (risk factors, subtypes of delirium, staff education without family education) - Influence of staff (survey and focus groups) and family members (focus groups) on content of educational concepts (pre-intervention) - Changes in understanding/knowledge and information needs caused by the education program (quantitative: staff survey) (pre- & post-intervention); satisfaction of participants with education program (quantitative: post-intervention) - Identification of funding factors and barriers in direct interaction (qualitative analysis: staff and family members) (post-intervention)

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactMarion Diegelmann

Hochschule Fulda

marion.diegelmann@gw.hs-fulda.de0151 17190446

Outcome results

None listed

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