Interventions for Preventing Delirium in Hospitalised Non‐ICU Patients
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Siddiqi, N., Harrison, J. K., et al. (2016).
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 3, CD005563.
This systematic review examines the efficacy of pharmacological and nonpharmacological interventions to prevent delirium in adults (ages 16 years or older) in non-intensive care units. Nonpharmacological interventions included single and multi-component interventions using orientation and cognitive stimulation as a core component.
Cochrane Collaboration; Health Sciences, University of York, Hull York Medical School (United Kingdom); Bradford District Care NHS FoundationTrust (United Kingdom); University of Leeds (United Kingdom); Alzheimer Scotland Dementia Research Centre and Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom); National Institute of Health Research (United Kingdom)
Database inception to December 2015
Randomized controlled trials
39
<div>Seven of the 39 studies examined multi-component nonpharmacological interventions to reduce delirium in hospitalized adults. While the overall findings revealed that multi-component interventions reduced the incidence of delirium compared to usual care (RR = 0.69), most studies included treatments with cognitive and physical interventions. </div>
