TY - JOUR
T1 - The Effects of Delirium Prevention Guidelines on Elderly Stroke Patients
AU - Song, Jihye
AU - Lee, Minkyung
AU - Jung, Dukyoo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2017.
PY - 2018/11/1
Y1 - 2018/11/1
N2 - This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the delirium prevention interventions recommended by the Delirium Prevention Guidelines for Elderly Stroke Patients (DPGESP). The DPGESP comprises nine dimensions with 28 interventions, including risk factor assessment, orientation disorder prevention, sleeping pattern maintenance, sensory interventions, constipation, dehydration, hypoxia and infection prevention, pain management, and appropriate nutrition maintenance. This quasi-experimental study used a nonequivalent control group and a pretest–posttest design. The experimental and control groups each included 54 patients, and the participants were elderly patients who were admitted to the stroke unit. The study outcomes were the delirium incidence and severity, stroke impact, and length of hospitalization. Posttest values for delirium incidence, severity, stroke impact, and length of hospitalization were significantly improved in the experimental group. Implementation of the DPGESP had beneficial effects on the delirium incidence and severity, stroke impact, and length of hospitalization among elderly patients admitted to a stroke unit.
AB - This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the delirium prevention interventions recommended by the Delirium Prevention Guidelines for Elderly Stroke Patients (DPGESP). The DPGESP comprises nine dimensions with 28 interventions, including risk factor assessment, orientation disorder prevention, sleeping pattern maintenance, sensory interventions, constipation, dehydration, hypoxia and infection prevention, pain management, and appropriate nutrition maintenance. This quasi-experimental study used a nonequivalent control group and a pretest–posttest design. The experimental and control groups each included 54 patients, and the participants were elderly patients who were admitted to the stroke unit. The study outcomes were the delirium incidence and severity, stroke impact, and length of hospitalization. Posttest values for delirium incidence, severity, stroke impact, and length of hospitalization were significantly improved in the experimental group. Implementation of the DPGESP had beneficial effects on the delirium incidence and severity, stroke impact, and length of hospitalization among elderly patients admitted to a stroke unit.
KW - delirium
KW - delirium prevention
KW - post-stroke delirium
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85054332164&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1054773817721400
DO - 10.1177/1054773817721400
M3 - Article
C2 - 28737064
AN - SCOPUS:85054332164
VL - 27
SP - 967
EP - 983
JO - Clinical Nursing Research
JF - Clinical Nursing Research
SN - 1054-7738
IS - 8
ER -