Status:

UNKNOWN

Care of Older People With Cognitive Impairment or Dementia Hospitalized in Traumatology Units

Lead Sponsor:

Hospital Clinic of Barcelona

Collaborating Sponsors:

Puerta de Hierro University Hospital

Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla

Conditions:

Dementia

Femur Fracture

Eligibility:

All Genders

65+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This is a quasi-experimental design with repeated observations, taken at baseline, post-intervention, and at one and three months post-intervention. Participants will be patients hospitalized with cog...

Detailed Description

The high vulnerability of PwD hospitalized generates the need to confront this challenge from a global and continuous perspective along with the clear lack of intervention studies with PwD hospitalize...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients older than 65
  • Hospitalized for surgery
  • Informal caregiver able to understand the recommendations of health professionals
  • Score of 5 or less in the Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire (SPMSQ) test
  • Signed informed consent form.
  • Informal caregivers:
  • Living with the PwD or visiting at least three times per week at home or nursing home
  • Signed informed consent form.

Exclusion

  • Patients younger than 65
  • Psychiatric symptoms or Korsakov syndrome
  • No signed consent form.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 30 2018

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 31 2020

Estimated Enrollment :

432 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04048980

Start Date

July 30 2018

End Date

December 31 2020

Last Update

August 7 2019

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Hospital Clinic Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain