Status:
TERMINATED
Speed of Processing Training for Cognitive Deficits After Delirium in Older Adults
Lead Sponsor:
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Conditions:
Delirium
Dementia
Eligibility:
All Genders
65+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
In this proposal, we will examine processing speed training (PST) as a potential intervention to reduce the risk of developing long-term cognitive impairment after a delirium episode.
Detailed Description
The overall goal of this project is to measure longitudinal cognitive function among hospitalized older adults after an episode of delirium, and examine an intervention (processing speed training, or ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- English speaking (English need not be first language);
- admission to the inpatient medical wards at University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital;
- positive screen for delirium, defined as a score ≥ 1 on the Nursing Delirium Screening Scale, during hospitalization;
- presence of delirium, defined using the Confusion Assessment Method, during hospitalization;
- informant-rated AD8 score ≤ 6;
- living within 40 miles of the Birmingham, Alabama metro area.
Exclusion
- active delirium at the time of baseline assessment after hospital discharge, defined using the Confusion Assessment Method;
- hospitalization in the previous 3 months prior to the index hospitalization;
- terminal condition with life expectancy \< 6 months;
- inability to perform cognitive tests due to poor vision or hearing at baseline assessment;
- history of schizophrenia or other psychotic disorder;
- alcohol withdrawal delirium during hospitalization, history of alcohol abuse, or history of alcohol withdrawal in the previous 6 months;
- unable to provide informed consent at baseline visit (proxy consent may be used for in-hospital assessments).
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 13 2018
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
May 31 2020
Estimated Enrollment :
17 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03342989
Start Date
August 13 2018
End Date
May 31 2020
Last Update
November 16 2021
Active Locations (1)
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University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35294