Delirium in Home-dwelling Old People Receiving Home Nursing Care

University of Oslo (UIO)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Delirium

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03066232

2014/1972

Details and patient eligibility

About

Study the prevalence of delirium among old persons with home-nursing care living in the community. By recruiting the persons in a stable phase, the investigators wish to study the influence of an episode of delirium upon further cognitive and physical function.

Enrollment: 211 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Home nursing service at least once a week.
• Home dwelling (not permanently institutionalised)
• Age 65 years or more
• Informed consent by the patient or a close relative (if the patient is unable to give a valid informed consent)

Exclusion criteria

• Patient or relative denies inclusion
• Terminal illness
• Patients diagnosed with dementia with Lewy bodies (its fluctuating course makes the diagnosis of delirium challenging)
• Patients with chronic diseases that have needed assistance from the home nursing service before the age of 65.
• Assistance from the home nursing service is due to addictive substances.
• Assistance from the home nursing service is due to psychiatric illnesses other than dementia.