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 |