Clinical trial NCT04250610: Survey Assessing the Level of Knowledge of Postoperative Delirium in Poland.
Official title: Postoperative Delirium in Poland - a Survey Assessing the Level of Knowledge of the POD Problem Among the Staff of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Departments.
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Conditions: Postoperative Delirium
Keywords: Postoperative delirium
POD
Anesthetics
Neurocognitive Disorders
Central Nervous System
Confusion
Neurologic Manifestations
Lead sponsor: Pomeranian Medical University Szczecin
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2020-01-31
Enrollment: 460
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Specialists and residents working in the field of anesthesiology and intensive therapy, members of the Polish Society of Anesthesiology and Intensive Therapy (PTAiIT).

Brief summary: 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).


Eligibility criteria: 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

Primary outcomes:
measure: Status of diagnosis of postoperative delirium
timeFrame: Up to 2 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Identification of postoperative delirium risk factors
timeFrame: Up to 2 months
measure: Status of prevention of postoperative delirium
timeFrame: Up to 2 months
measure: Status of treatment of postoperative delirium
timeFrame: Up to 2 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Lublin
country: Poland
facility: Medical University in Lublin
city: Szczecin
country: Poland
facility: Pomeranian Medical University
Study officials:
affiliation: Medical University in Poznań
name: Krzysztof L Kusza, MD, PhD
role: STUDY_CHAIR
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