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Trial of a Non-pharmacological Intervention to Prevent Delirium Among Elderly In-patients

NCT03158909 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 284

Last updated 2020-01-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study evaluates the effect of earplugs and eyemask for delirium prevention among elderly in-patients. Half of patients will receive earplugs and eyemask for use during the night and information about orientation to time and space every night, while the other half will receive only the time and space orientations.

Conditions

  • Delirium

Interventions

DEVICE

Eyemask and earplugs

Eyemask and earplugs for use during the night, to improve sleep.

OTHER

Orientation about space and time

Information and orientation about space and time, given every night.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Artur S Schuh, PhD · Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-01-15
Primary Completion
2020-05-31
Completion
2020-07-30

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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