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Pilot and Feasibility Study of a Mirrors Intervention for Reducing Delirium in Older Cardiac Surgical Patients

NCT01599689 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 223

Last updated 2015-04-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This pilot cluster-randomised controlled trial aims to determine whether the use of bedside mirrors, as a clearly defined part of patients' postsurgical ICU care, can reduce delirium and improve outcomes in the older cardiac surgical patient.

Conditions

  • Postoperative Delirium

Interventions

OTHER

Mirrors Intervention

Coaching in the use of two types of mirrors to support mental status and attention, physical mobility, and sense of body awareness and ownership, as well as patient dignity and privacy in self-care. To be administered at set times and in a standardised way by ICU nursing and physical therapy teams.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Dr. Alain Vuylsteke, MD · Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-10-31
Primary Completion
2013-08-31
Completion
2013-09-30

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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