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

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University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35294