Development of a Prediction Model for Delirium After Cardiac Surgery Using a Novel Self-Administered Preoperative Cognitive Assessment Tool

ConditionsPostoperative Delirium Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction Cognitive Decline Cognitive Impairment Cognition Disorders Cardiac Surgery

Trial statusRecruiting

Trial phaseNot listed

Trial typeObservational

Biological sexAll

Age60+

SponsorUniversity Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

About this trial

This observational cohort study is designed to validate the CogCheck application as a risk prediction tool for postoperative delirium in patients undergoing cardiac surgery.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Elective cardiac surgery

Age ≥60 years

Good knowledge of the German language

Written informed consent

Disqualifiers

Emergency surgery

Medical instability limiting preoperative assessment

Surgical procedures without the use of cardiopulmonary bypass

Procedures involving deep hypothermic circulatory arrest

Trial population

Patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery are assessed with the BrainCheckpreop tool during the routinely held preoperative anesthesia consultation.

Trial design

Design model

Cohort

Time perspective

Prospective

Treatments tested in this trial

CogCheck
Other intervention
Performance of study participants in the application

Treatment groups

475 Participants

are divided into 1 treatment group

Group A: CogCheck application1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

Postoperative delirium

Postoperative delirium as defined by an Intensive Care Delirium Screening Checklist (ICDSC) score greater or equal to 4

Time frame

Three times daily from postoperative day 1 until discharge from the intensive care unit (ICU) or intermediate care unit (IMC), assessed up to 50 days

Sponsors and contacts

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University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Lead sponsor

Source ClinicalTrials.gov

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