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. 2021 Jul 19;2021(7):CD013307. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013307.pub2

NCT03573843 2018.

Study name Software‐guided cognitive stimulation to prevent delirium (Prevedel)
Methods Pilot randomised controlled trial
Participants 60 older patients (≥ 65 years) and admitted to medicine room or intermediate care unit > 48 hours
Interventions Group 1: receive standard prevention measures plus the use of software installed on a mobile device designed to support the prevention of delirium (Prevention software)
Group 2: receive the standard prevention measures plus the use of a mobile device without installed delirium prevention software (placebo).
Outcomes Primary outcome: difference in delirium incidence between both groups at day 5 using the with CAM twice a day
Secondary outcome(s): length of stay at 5 days, severity of delirium at 5 days using the CAM‐S, time of use of electronic device at 5 days, functionality at discharge at 5 days and at discharge using the Barthel index
Starting date 15/09/2018
Contact information Eduardo A Tobar, etobar@40hcuch.cl
University of Chile
Notes ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03573843
Status: recruitment completed