Delirium in elderly patients: risk factors and outcomes

Delirium in elderly patients: risk factors and outcomes - Delirium: risk factors and outcomes

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON33027

Enrollment

210

Registered

2009-02-19

Start date

2009-02-26

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-05-06

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Conditions

confusion Delirium

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Age

18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria patient group: All patients who are admitted to the Department of Geriatrics with a delirium or who develop a delirium during their hospital stay, will be asked for participation in the proposed study when their delirium has ended. Inclusion criteria control group: All patients who are acutely admitted (within 3 days) to the Department of Geriatrics and did not developed a delirium during their hospital stay.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria: (1) A delirium at time of assessment (2) A Mini-Mental State Exam score below 18, indicating severe cognitive problems (3) Patients not capable of giving informed consent (4) Sight and/or hearing impairments (5) A palliative policy (6) Inability to speak, read, write or understand Dutch (7) Patients who are not testable according to physicians/nurses

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Primary: Cognitive and psychological functioning over time.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Secondary: All-cause mortality, morbidity.	—

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results