| Trial name or title |
Design and methods of the Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP), a multi component targeted intervention to prevent delirium in hospitalised older patients: efficacy and cost‐effectiveness in Dutch health care |
| Methods |
Cluster‐randomised controlled trial (stepped wedge) |
| Participants |
Patients aged 70 years and over at risk for delirium and admitted to cardiology, internal medicine, geriatrics, orthopedics and surgery |
| Interventions |
Multi‐component targeted delirium prevention intervention (Hospital Elder Life Program) |
| Outcomes |
Incidence of delirium, duration of delirium, severity of delirium, quality of life, length of stay, use of care services |
| Starting date |
TBC |
| Contact information |
m.strijbos@umcutrecht.nl |
| Notes |
Netherlands trial register NTR3842 |
