Tabet, Naji and Howard, R (2009) Non-pharmacological interventions in the prevention of delirium. Age and Ageing, 38 (4). pp. 374-9. ISSN 0002-0729
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Delirium is a serious and common disorder especially among older people on inpatients units. Numerous modifiable or manageable delirium risk factors have been identified. As a result, there is now a widespread notion that many cases of delirium can be prevented. In this review, published data evaluating non-pharmacological interventions for delirium prevention were assessed in relation to their efficacy. Currently, most published studies are based on direct targeting of risk factors and/or introduction of educational programmes to increase staff knowledge and awareness. However, there continues to be a dearth of randomised controlled trials evaluating non-pharmacological interventions, partly because of the inherent difficulties associated with delirium research in general and with the evaluation of non-pharmacological interventions in particular. Instead, many of the available studies have been observational or non-randomised in nature. Nevertheless, the majority of these support a role for non-pharmacological interventions in delirium prevention. While more research is certainly needed, the majority of available data are based on best practice protocols, guidelines and interventions. Hence, a consistent and concerted effort is now justified to introduce non-pharmacological prevention strategies across units to help tackle the increasingly prevalent delirium among older people.
Item Type: | Article |
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Schools and Departments: | Brighton and Sussex Medical School > Neuroscience |
Subjects: | R Medicine R Medicine > RC Internal medicine R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0581 Specialties of internal medicine > RC0952 Geriatrics |
Depositing User: | Tracey O'Gorman |
Date Deposited: | 09 Nov 2012 16:06 |
Last Modified: | 25 Jan 2018 10:20 |
URI: | http://srodev.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/42003 |