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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT03066232
Date of registration: 20/02/2017
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Oslo University Hospital
Public title: Delirium in Home-dwelling Old People Receiving Home Nursing Care
Scientific title: Delirium in Home-dwelling Old People Receiving Home Nursing Care
Date of first enrolment: May 11, 2015
Target sample size: 211
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03066232
Study type:  Observational
Study design:   
Phase: 
Countries of recruitment
Norway
Contacts
Name:     Torgeir Bruun Wyller, MD, PhD
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Affiliation:  Oslo University Hospital, University of Oslo
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

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.



Age minimum: 65 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Delirium
Intervention(s)
Primary Outcome(s)
Trajectory of cognitive function using the MoCa test [Time Frame: 2 years]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
2014/1972
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Norwegian Centre for Ageing and Health
Sandefjord kommune
The Hospital of Vestfold
Ethics review
Results
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