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PACU Discharge Readiness

ConditionsPatient DischargeNeurocognitionBaseline
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorUniversity of Illinois at Chicago

About this trial

The use of custom-created apps, neuropsychological testing, and clinical assessments will be evaluated as tools for determining the appropriateness of PACU discharge to home.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

The individuals will be identified from the operating room (OR) schedule and approached in the pre-operative area (or earlier, when possible).

Adult patients (18 years or older) listed for surgery and a planned 23-hour admission will be eligible for enrollment in this study.

Subjects must be fluent in English and not have confounding sensory or neurological limitations to participation

Disqualifiers

Members of vulnerable populations or adults unable to consent will be included in this study.

Subjects that do not speak English

Subjects with neurological limirations

Trial design

Design model

Single group

Treatments tested in this trial

  • custom-created apps, neuropsychological testing, and clinical assessments

    Diagnostic test

    This study's interventions will include a brief neuropsychological assessment, including pre-operative baseline and post-operative repeat assessment. Additional assessments of memory and coordination using two custom apps and standard clinical assessments will also be conducted at each timepoint

Treatment groups

1,000 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group
Group A: Neuro Assessment GroupExperimental treatment 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Standardized neuropsychiatric testing WAIS SCWT SPWT TOPJ

comparison of results to baseline measurements of these four validated neuropsychiatric assessments

Time frame
24 hours

Secondary outcomes

1

Memory App

Use of a colored sequence presentation memory app to assess subjects return to baseline

Time frame
24 hours
2

Flight Path App

Seated subject follows the flight path of a bird on an iPad app. Comparisons made to baseline performance.

Time frame
24 hours

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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University of Illinois at Chicago

Lead sponsor

Source ClinicalTrials.gov

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