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Trial name or title	Prevention of Delirium (POD) for older people in hospital: protocol for a randomised controlled feasibility study
Methods	Cluster‐randomised controlled trial
Participants	Patients, aged 65 years and over, admitted to a participating orthopaedic trauma or geriatric medicine.
Interventions	Intervention: A manualised, multi‐component intervention and systematic implementation process Control: Usual care
Outcomes	Primary outcome: New onset delirium Secondary outcomes: Number, severity and length of delirium episodes (including persistent delirium); length of stay in hospital; in‐hospital mortality; destination at discharge; health‐related quality of life and health resource use; physical and social independence; anxiety and depression; patient experience.
Starting date	13/03/2014
Contact information	s.hartley@leeds.ac.uk Clinical Trials Research Unit, Leeds Institute of Clinical Trials Research, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
Notes	Trial registration: ISRCTN01187372

ADL: activities of daily living; CAM: Confusion Assessment Method; DSM‐IIR: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual; ICU: Intensive Care Unit; MDAS:Memorial Delirium Assessment Scale; MMSE: Mini Mental State Examination; PCA: patient controlled analgesia; PTSD: post‐traumatic stress disorder