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A Family Intervention for Delirium Prevention

NCT01998997 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 79

Last updated 2015-12-24

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

To address the feasibility of implementing a randomized, educational intervention to prevent delirium, directed at family members of hospitalized older (70 years of age or older) medical in-patients. Specifically rates of recruitment and acceptance rates of such an intervention to family members will be assessed. An estimate of the effect size of this intervention will also be calculated. This is a pilot study. The investigators hypothesize that this intervention will be feasible and agreeable to family members to perform, with acceptance rates exceeding 80%.

Conditions

  • Delirium

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Family educational intervention

The intervention is an educational intervention directed towards delirium prevention specifically for family members of hospitalized seniors. Family members will be encouraged to perform specific interventions that may decrease incident delirium.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • monidipa dasgupta, MD · Lawson HRI

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-03-31
Primary Completion
2014-12-31
Completion
2014-12-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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