NCT03158909

Trial of a Non-pharmacological Intervention to Prevent Delirium Among Elderly In-patients

Randomized Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Effect of a Non-pharmacological Intervention to Prevent Delirium Among Elderly In-patients

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 284 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study evaluates the effect of earplugs and eyemask for delirium prevention among elderly in-patients. Half of patients will receive earplugs and eyemask for use during the night and information about orientation to time and space every night, while the other half will receive only the time and space orientations.

Detailed description

Delirium is an acute neuropsychiatric syndrome usually associated with a general medical condition. Its prevalence is high among hospitalized elderly patients and is generally underdiagnosed. Delirium is associated with prolonged hospitalization, increased mortality, institutionalization, falls, cognitive and functional decline and also with higher economic costs. The etiology of delirium is multifactorial, including excessive sensorial stimulation and disruption of the sleep-wake cycle as triggering factors. The aim of this study is evaluate the effect of earplugs and eyemask for delirium prevention among elderly in-patients of a brazilian university hospital. This will be a partially blinded clinical trial, in wich both control and intervention group will receive information about orientation to time and space every evening, and intervention group will also receive earplugs and eyemask for use during the night. The primary outcome will be the occurrence of delirium.

Conditions

• Delirium

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Eyemask and earplugs	Eyemask and earplugs for use during the night, to improve sleep.
OTHER	Orientation about space and time	Information and orientation about space and time, given every night.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-01-15
• Primary completion: 2020-05-31
• Completion: 2020-07-30
• First posted: 2017-05-18
• Last updated: 2020-01-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil