Delirium in the Emergency Department: Novel Screening
Completed
Conditions studied: Delirium
In brief
Delirium is an acute confusional state characterized by altered or fluctuating mental status, inattention, and either disorganized thinking or an altered level of consciousness. This form of organ dysfunction occurs in up to 10% of older emergency department (ED) patients and is associated with worsening mortality, prolonged hospital length of stay, higher health care costs, and accelerated functional and cognitive decline. Despite the negative consequences of delirium, the majority of cases are unrecognized by emergency physicians because it is not routinely screened for. In an effort to facilitate delirium screening, the investigators sought to validate three brief delirium assessments in the ED setting.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01162343
- Run by
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- People needed
- 498
- Starts
- 2009-07-01
- Expected to finish
- 2012-02-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2018-05-03
Who can join
Age: 65 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- 65 years of age or greater
- In the Emergency Department for less than 12 hour at the time of enrollment
You may not qualify if…
- Severe mental retardation or dementia
- Baseline communication barriers such as aphasia, deafness, blindness, or who are unable to speak English
- Refusal of consent
- Previous enrollment
- Comatose
- Out of the hospital before the assessments are completed
Where it is running
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center — Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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