Development of a Prediction Model for Delirium After Cardiac Surgery Using a Novel Self-Administered Preoperative Cognitive Assessment Tool

Recruiting now

Conditions studied: Postoperative Delirium, Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction, Cognitive Decline, Cognitive Impairment, Cognition Disorders, Cardiac Surgery

In brief

This observational cohort study is designed to validate the CogCheck application as a risk prediction tool for postoperative delirium in patients undergoing cardiac surgery.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03360838

Run by

University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

People needed

475

Starts

2018-04-16

Expected to finish

2025-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2025-01-27

Who can join

Age: 60 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Elective cardiac surgery
• Age ≥60 years
• Good knowledge of the German language
• Written informed consent

You may not qualify if…

• Emergency surgery
• Medical instability limiting preoperative assessment
• Surgical procedures without the use of cardiopulmonary bypass
• Procedures involving deep hypothermic circulatory arrest
• Concurrent carotid surgical procedures
• Participation in an interventional trial with POD or POCD as primary endpoint

Where it is running

• University Hospital Basel — Basel, Switzerland (enrolling)

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