Status:
COMPLETED
Postoperative Cognitive Training to Prevent Delirium
Lead Sponsor:
Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
Conditions:
Postoperative Delirium
Eligibility:
All Genders
70+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The aim of this clinical trial is to test whether daily postoperative cognitive training can prevent delirium in older patients after major surgery. The main questions to be answered is: Can daily c...
Detailed Description
The most common postoperative complication in aged patients is postoperative delirium (POD), which often progresses to permanent postoperative neurocognitive disorder (pNCD). POD and pNCD are associat...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion criteria:
- Patients aged 70 years or older,
- planned surgery (abdominal surgery: general surgery, urology or gynaecology; spinal surgery, vascular medicine, cardiothoracic surgery, major trauma surgery),
- increased perioperative risk (frailty, cognitive impairment, multimorbidity).
- Exclusion criteria:
- Unable to give consent,
- severe cognitive disorder or mental retardation (if training cannot be carried out)
- Insufficient knowledge of German
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 1 2014
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
October 1 2018
Estimated Enrollment :
108 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT06601673
Start Date
May 1 2014
End Date
October 1 2018
Last Update
February 21 2025
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