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Computer-assisted Cognitive Stimulation Treatment for Delirium

NCT07563244 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2026-05-01

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Summary

The objectives of our study are to determine whether people with delirium in a subacute care unit improve after one week with non-pharmacological therapies based on improving sleep schedules, mobility, and cognitive stimulation (such as memory, attention, orientation, among others), and to compare two groups of people who will receive slightly different therapies.

We will try to determine whether individual characteristics (such as diagnosed diseases, blood test results or genetics, gender, age, educational level, among others) influence the onset of an episode of delirium, its severity and its response to treatment.

Participants with delirium will be divided into two groups that will receive:

* The non-pharmacological treatment described
* One group will also receive a specific cognitive intervention from an occupational therapist, using a computer programme on a tablet, twice a day for one week.

After one week, the presence and severity of delirium will be reassessed.

Conditions

  • Delirium

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Specific computer-based cognitive stimulation intervention

Specific cognitive stimulation intervention using a tablet, administered by the occupational therapist, with the aim of carrying out two interventions each day: one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Each intervention will vary in duration, depending on the person's clinical condition, but will not exceed 20 minutes. Each person will receive the intervention for a period of one week from the diagnosis of delirium, corresponding to five working days. The intervention will focus on three cognitive aspects that are part of the core symptoms of delirium: attention, orientation and visuospatial ability.

BEHAVIORAL

Usual care intervention

Participants will undergo a comprehensive geriatric assessment and will be prescribed multidisciplinary treatment according to the clinical criteria of the centre's professionals, in order to address the underlying condition for which the patient has been admitted to the centre and any associated comorbidities. The guidelines for pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment of delirium included in the centre's clinical guidelines will be followed. With regard to the non-pharmacological treatment of delirium, specific measures will be taken for: 1. Orientation and cognitive stimulation, including visuospatial measures. 2. Early active mobility. 3. Restoration of the sleep-wake cycle.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Institut Pere Mata

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Institut Investigacio Sanitaria Pere Virgili

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-02-16
Primary Completion
2026-10-16
Completion
2027-02-16

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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