Survey Assessing the Level of Knowledge of Postoperative Delirium in Poland.

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Postoperative Delirium (POD) is one of the most common complications occurring after surgery with an incidence ranging from 4 to 53%. It may lead to increased postoperative morbidity and mortality, with loss of independence and cognitive dysfunction in certain groups of patients. Aiming to reduce the incidence of POD and improve the outcome of patients diagnosed with POD, it is necessary to raise awareness regarding POD. The most important issue are: identification of risk factors, improved monitoring, necessary prevention and adequate treatment. The Polish Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy (PTAiIT) has made an attempt to improve the situation in Poland by testing the implementation of official POD guidelines published by the European Society of Anesthesiology in year 2017. While the guidelines provide recommendations for daily practice it is necessary to identify the degree of their implementation in each country. Therefore survey has been prepared regarding postoperative delirium in Poland. This Survey has been submitted to the Bioethical Committee of the Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin (Poland) and received a waiver due to the non-interventional, observational character of the study (decision no. KB-0012/06/01/2020/Z).

Official Title
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Postoperative Delirium in Poland - a Survey Assessing the Level of Knowledge of the POD Problem Among the Staff of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Departments.

Conditions
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Postoperative Delirium

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Survey


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Specialists and residents working in the field of anesthesiology and intensive therapy, anesthesiology nurses who respond to an invitation to an on-line survey of the Polish Society of Anesthesiology and Intensive Therapy (PTAiIT) Exclusion Criteria: None

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Intervention/Treatment |
| --- |
|Other: Survey|On-line survey.|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Status of diagnosis of postoperative delirium | Answers of PTAiIT-members regarding instruments used to diagnose postoperative delirium. Anonymous on-line survey including Multiple Choice Questions, Closed and Open Questions. | Up to 2 months | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Identification of postoperative delirium risk factors | Answers of PTAiIT-members regarding risk factors of postoperative delirium. Anonymous on-line survey including Multiple Choice Questions, Closed and Open Questions. | Up to 2 months | 
| Status of prevention of postoperative delirium | Answers of PTAiIT-members regarding measures of postoperative delirium prevention. Anonymous on-line survey including Multiple Choice Questions, Closed and Open Questions. | Up to 2 months | 
| Status of treatment of postoperative delirium | Answers of PTAiIT-members regarding measures of postoperative delirium treatment. Anonymous on-line survey including Multiple Choice Questions, Closed and Open Questions. | Up to 2 months | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Postoperative delirium, POD, Anesthetics, Neurocognitive Disorders, Central Nervous System, Confusion, Neurologic Manifestations