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Impact of a Multifaceted Program to Prevent Postoperative Delirium in the Elderly

NCT01316965 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 175

Last updated 2017-05-30

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Summary

Postoperative delirium is common in the elderly and is associated with a significant increase in mortality, complications, length of hospital stay and admission in long care facility. Several interventions have proved their effectiveness to prevent it but their combination within a multifaceted intervention needs to be assessed using rigorous methodology based on randomized study design. CONFUCIUS trial aims to measure the impact of a multifaceted program on the prevention of postoperative delirium in elderly.

Conditions

  • Postoperative Delirium

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Multifaceted prevention program HELP(Hospital Elder Life Program)

* A. Structured geriatric consultation will be performed by geriatricians of the MGT(Mobile Geriatric Teams) before surgery, including clinical examination and geriatric assessment * B. All members of medical and nursing staffs will attend a two hours training session performed by the MGTs and HELP(Hospital Elder Life Program) will be implemented in the surgical wards * C. On a quarterly basis, all members of medical and nursing staffs and MGTs will gathered to analyze medical records of patients having experienced a postoperative delirium.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hospices Civils de Lyon

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Pierre KROLAK-SALMON, Pr · Hospices Civils de Lyon- Hôpital des Charpennes

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-04-30
Primary Completion
2017-05-31
Completion
2017-05-31

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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