Status:

WITHDRAWN

Brief Delirium Assessments in Non-Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Patients

Lead Sponsor:

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Conditions:

Delirium

Eligibility:

All Genders

65-100 years

Brief Summary

Delirium is an acute confusional state characterized by fluctuating mental status, inattention, and either disorganized thinking or an altered level of consciousness. This form of organ dysfunction oc...

Detailed Description

Delirium is often missed because physicians do not routinely screen for this diagnosis. Most delirium assessments can take up to 10 minutes to perform making them less likely to be incorporated into t...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • 65 years of age or greater
  • In the non-ICU inpatient setting
  • Consulted and evaluated by psychiatry

Exclusion

  • Severe mental retardation or dementia
  • Baseline communication barriers such aphasia, deafness, blindness, or who are unable to speak English
  • Refusal of consent
  • Previous enrollment
  • Comatose
  • Out of hospital before the assessments are completed

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 1 2013

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

July 1 2016

Estimated Enrollment :

Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01162369

Start Date

July 1 2013

End Date

July 1 2016

Last Update

May 7 2018

Active Locations (2)

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Vanderbilt University Hospital

Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 27232

2

Vanderbilt Emergency Medicine

Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37232-4700