An observational study in Delirium, sponsored by University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland. Completed at 1 site in Switzerland. Open to participants aged 65 Years to 115 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2016-09-13.
Sponsored by University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland · Observational
The proposed Study validates the accuracy of the modified Confusion Assessment Method for the Emergency Department
Delirium is a complex neuropsychiatric syndrome with sudden change in cognition such as disturbance in orientation or memory particularly in elderly patients in the context of acute illness. Multiple complications such as falls or increased duration of hospitalisation may result in delirium. Long-term consequences may result in increased mortality rates and higher admissions rates to nursing homes. In 2012, delirium prevalence in the Emergency Department (ED) of the University Hospital Basel was 9.5% in patients with 65 years and over. Although a systematic delirium management was introduced in 2012, without systematic screening delirium detection rates varies between 20 and 40% only. The risk of non-detection over the complete hospitalisation is high when early delirium detection did not occur in the ED. In a preliminary evaluation we could show the usefulness of the mCAM-ED
1,057 studies on the registry are indexed under Delirium; 238 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 289 is above the median of 200 across 418 observational studies indexed under Delirium.
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Patients admitted to the emergency department being 65 years and over
Exclusion Criteria:
Delirium measured by geriatricians using Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)-IV criteria
acute confusional states in patients
Time frame: once during the stay at the emergency department which lasts an average of 24 hours
Delirium measured by geriatricians using DSM-5 criteria
acute confusional states in patients
Time frame: once during the stay at the emergency department which lasts an average of 24 hours
Delirium measured by advanced practice nurses using the mCAM-ED
acute confusional states in patients
Time frame: once during the stay at the emergency department which lasts an average of 24 hours
degree of concordance between nurses' delirium measurement versus geriatricians' delirium measurement assessed in a four field matrix
Time frame: once during the stay at the emergency department which lasts an average of 24 hours
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