Delirium in Home-dwelling Old People Receiving Home Nursing Care

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03066232

Enrollment

211

Registered

2017-02-28

Start date

2015-05-11

Completion date

2018-07-08

Last updated

2018-08-22

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Conditions

Delirium

Keywords

Delirium, Dementia, Physical function

Brief summary

Study the prevalence of delirium among old persons with home-nursing care living in the community. By recruiting the persons in a stable phase, the investigators wish to study the influence of an episode of delirium upon further cognitive and physical function.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

65 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Home nursing service at least once a week. * Home dwelling (not permanently institutionalised) * Age 65 years or more * Informed consent by the patient or a close relative (if the patient is unable to give a valid informed consent)

Exclusion criteria

* Patient or relative denies inclusion * Terminal illness * Patients diagnosed with dementia with Lewy bodies (its fluctuating course makes the diagnosis of delirium challenging) * Patients with chronic diseases that have needed assistance from the home nursing service before the age of 65. * Assistance from the home nursing service is due to addictive substances. * Assistance from the home nursing service is due to psychiatric illnesses other than dementia.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Trajectory of cognitive function using the MoCa test	2 years	The impact of an episode of delirium upon cognitive function measured by the Montreal Cognitive Assessment every 6th months for two years.

Countries

Norway

Outcome results