Perioperative pharmaceutical medication management as part of a multiprofessional delirium prevention

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00033565

Enrollment

300

Registered

2024-02-05

Start date

2024-02-22

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

F05

Interventions

Group 1: control group: standard of care (regular guideline-based routine care) Group 2: structured multimodal approach to delirium prevention by a specialized team (non-pharmacological preventive mea

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

65 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - aged 65 yrs and over - planned elective general surgery or orthopaedic operation

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - known neurological or psychiatric disorder - no consent given

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Delirium incidence, measured as the occurrence of post-operative delirium during the hospital stay (postoperatively tested by CAM (Confusion-Assessment-Method), clinical evaluation and chart review)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Prevalence of drug-related problems (drug-drug interactions, ADRs (adverse drug reactions), over/underdosing, untreated indications, drugs without indications, drug therapy in spite of contraindications), PIM (potentially inadequate medication) and delirogenic drugs	—

Countries

Germany

Outcome results

None listed

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