Delirium in hospitalized patients with non-cancer progressive life-limiting illnesses
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Osaka Rosai Hospital
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Hospitalized patients meeting all of the following criteria will be included: Admitted to a general ward of a participating institution. Have a non-cancer progressive life-limiting illness. Present in the ward on the study assessment day. Judged eligible according to the operational criteria predefined in the study protocol. Delirium assessment can be performed, or the reason for non-availability can be recorded.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) Patients managed in the ICU or HCU 2) Patients who declined participation through the opt-out process 3) Patients for whom even minimal required data collection is not feasible on the study day 4) Patients considered inappropriate for inclusion by the principal investigator or subinvestigators
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The proportion of patients judged to have delirium by trained raters using the 4AT on the same day who were also recognized and documented as having delirium in the medical record by physicians or nurses | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactNoriyuki Kawabata
Osaka Rosai Hospital Department of Palliative Care
Outcome results
None listed