Delirium and Neuropsychological Recovery Among Emergency General Surgery Survivors

Description

This study will evaluate the usefulness of the Urgent and Emergency Surgery (UES) Delirium Recovery Model. It is hypothesized that the cognitive, physical and psychological recovery of older UES delirium survivors will be improved through the use of the DANE Recovery Model. Participants can expect to be on the study for 18 months.

Conditions

Delirium

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Study overview

This study will evaluate the usefulness of the Urgent and Emergency Surgery (UES) Delirium Recovery Model. It is hypothesized that the cognitive, physical and psychological recovery of older UES delirium survivors will be improved through the use of the DANE Recovery Model. Participants can expect to be on the study for 18 months.

Delirium and Neuropsychological Recovery Among Emergency General Surgery Survivors (DANE)

Delirium and Neuropsychological Recovery Among Emergency General Surgery Survivors

Condition
Delirium
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Rockford

SwedishAmerican Hospital, Rockford, Illinois, United States, 61104

Indianapolis

Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 47405

Madison

University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States, 53705

Madison

Meriter Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin, United States, 53715

Madison

East Madison Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin, United States, 53718

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Adult age 65 years and older
  • * Admitted to one of the participating hospitals
  • * Undergone an abdominal orthopedic, skin, or vascular surgery in an emergency or unplanned fashion
  • * English-speaking
  • * Able to provide consent or have a legally authorized representative to provide consent
  • * Access to a telephone or an internet connected computer or smart device
  • * Discharged to home or sub-acute rehabilitation
  • * At least one episode of delirium in the period prior to discharge from acute care
  • * A self-reported diagnosis of cancer with short life expectancy
  • * A history of dementing illnesses and other neurodegenerative disease such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson disease, or vascular dementia, or current prescription of anti-dementia medication, or ruled out by Functional Activities Questionnaire (FAQ) score defining dementia; a history of significant traumatic brain injury
  • * Acute or subacute neurologic deficit expected to prevent independent living after hospital discharge, e.g., a history of a significant traumatic brain injury
  • * Have any spinal cord injury with persistent neurologic deficit at the time of study enrollment
  • * Incarcerated or homeless at the time of study enrollment
  • * Acquired neurologic injury (stroke, traumatic brain injury, cerebral edema/swelling, anoxic brain injury, or any other acute/subacute severe neurologic deficit) as the admitting diagnosis or a new event during the course of hospitalization (confirmed by EMR)
  • * A history of bipolar disorder or schizophrenia (confirmed by EMR)

Ages Eligible for Study

65 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Wisconsin, Madison,

Ben Zarzaur, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Study Record Dates

2028-01-31