NCT04652453

Feasibility, Acceptability, and Barriers to Implementation of a Geriatrics Bundle in the ICU

Feasibility, Acceptability, and Barriers to Implementation of a Geriatrics Bundle in the Intensive Care Unit (ACE-ICU)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 83 (actual)
• Sponsor: Yale University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Despite the known benefits of geriatric care models among hospitalized older adults outside the intensive care unit (ICU), few studies have addressed the needs of older adults in the ICU; for example, sensory impairment, functional decline, and de-prescribing of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) are rarely addressed in routine ICU practice. This pilot study will evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and barriers to implementation of a geriatrics bundle (occupational therapy, assessment and treatment of hearing impairment, and de-prescribing PIMs) in the ICU.

Detailed description

Outcome 4 was updated 11/8/23.

Conditions

• Intensive Care Unit Syndrome

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Geriatrics Bundle	Enrolled participants in the intervention arm will receive all 3 bundle components: occupational therapy (in addition to physical therapy) upon enrollment in the ICU, a portable amplifying device upon enrollment in the ICU, and a de-prescribing intervention by the ICU pharmacist (in conjunction with the medical team) upon ICU-to-floor transfer.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-01-19
• Primary completion: 2021-12-22
• Completion: 2021-12-22
• First posted: 2020-12-03
• Last updated: 2024-02-16
• Results posted: 2023-03-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States