Sight and Hearing Investigation Into Effects on Delirium

Completed

Conditions studied: Hearing Loss, Hearing Loss, Age-Related, Hearing Disability, Delirium, Delirium in Old Age, Delirium of Mixed Origin, Delirium With Dementia, Delirium on Emergence, Delirium, Cause Unknown, Delirium Superimposed on Dementia, Delirium Confusional State, Delirium;Non Alcoholic, Hearing Loss, Bilateral, Hearing Loss, Sensorineural, Hearing Loss, Functional, Hearing Loss, High-Frequency, Hearing

In brief

The goal of this observational study is to learn about sensory loss in hospital patients with delirium. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Are hearing and vision loss related to increased risk of having delirium? * Do hearing and vision loss contribute to more severe delirium? * Do sensory loss and/or delirium affect patient satisfaction with hospital care? Participants will be asked to: * answer delirium screening questions, * undergo hearing \& vision screenings, and * complete questionnaires about the hospital stay. The second part of this study is a clinical trial. Researchers will compare different hospital units to see if changing communication affects the number of patients with delirium. The main questions it aims to answer are: • Does sharing information about communication and/or providing hearing devices change the number of hospital patients with delirium? Participants in the study will be asked to complete delirium screenings and answer questions about their hearing and communication.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06176625

Run by

Johns Hopkins University

People needed

1543

Starts

2023-01-11

Expected to finish

2023-12-15

Last updated by the study team

2026-04-07

Who can join

Age: 65 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• inpatient on Johns Hopkins Bayview Medicine A, Medicine B, or Carol Ball unit
• communicates using speech and language
• able to converse in English

You may not qualify if…

• nonverbal
• unable to communicate using English language
• currently under airborne or droplet isolation precautions

Where it is running

• Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center — Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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