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. 2021 Nov 26;2021(11):CD013307. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013307.pub3

NCT03704090 2018.

Study name Non‐pharmacological Prevention of Postoperative Delirium by Occupational Therapy Teams (PREPODOT)
Methods Randomised controlled trial
Participants 160 patients (≥75 years) and older admitted to hospital for highly complex elective surgery
Interventions Group 1: occupational therapy intervention twice a day plus standard non‐pharmacological prevention intervention during 5 days after surgery
Group 2: standard non‐pharmacological intervention during 5 days after surgery
Outcomes Primary outcome: delirium at 5 days using the CAM, subsyndromal delirium at 5 days using the CAM
Secondary outcome(s): length of hospital stay at 30 days, mortality, severity of delirium at 5 days using the CAM‐S, duration of delirium at 5 days.
Starting date 1/10/2018
Contact information Antonello Penna, apenna@40uchile.cl
University of Chile
Notes ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03704090
Status: recruiting
Estimated completion date: 30/12/2020