Interventions for Delirium Prevention in Hospitals

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EVIDENCE BASED NURSING PRCATICE
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Description of concepts Similar search terms, using “phrase searching”,
truncation (*), wild cards (?), alternate words and
Alternate spellings etc.
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reviewed etc.)
Concept 1
prevention for delirium,
intervention, hospital
Inhibiting delirium with interventions in the hospitals Exclusion
criteria would be
languages other
than English,
paper published
before ten years
and all the
research articles
that are
available in
abstracts and
Whereas, the
inclusion criteria
included paper
with English
language, peer
reviewed journal
articles, within
10 years of
publication so
that
effectiveness of
the outcome of
this synthesis
could be
maintained.
Concept 2
acute healthcare
settings, treatment for
delirium, interventions
Treatment of delirium in acute care hospitals with application of
interventions
Concept 3
decreasing rate of
delirium incidences,
with interventions in
hospital
Preventing the increasing rate of delirium in acute care
settings with application of effective interventions
Concept 4
prevention of delirium
with application of
interventions in hospitals
Delirium preventing interventions applied in healthcare
facilities
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Databases searched:
Pub Med 18 results found
Medline 15 results found
Google scholar 1780 results found
Article summaries
Reference Purpose/Aim
of the study
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relevant to my
question?
Sample – Who
was included
in the study?
Consider: Does the
sample represent the
target population in
my question?
Design
Consider: Is the
design relevant?
Method
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research
conducted?
Was there a
potential for bias?
Findings
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key findings?
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relevant for my
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Level of
Evidence
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high level
evidence or just
opinion?
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- Was ethics
review
undertaken?
- Is it primary or
secondary
research?
Article 1
(Su et al., 2016)
The primary
aim of this
study was to
analyse the
effect of
Patients that
were above the
age of 65 and
were
underwent
The study
design of this
paper was
double-blind,
parallel-arm
After
determining
computer
generated
randomisation
The findings
indicated
that majority
of the
patients in
This research
includes high
level of
evidence as
it is a
It was a
primary
research in
which proper
consent were
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prophylactic
low-dose
dexmedetomidi
ne in reducing
the prevalence
of delirium in
patients.
Hence, the
presence of
intervention
was relevant
for my purpose
elective non-
cardiac surgery
were included
in the study.
This population
was able to
address the
research
question
selected for this
assignment
placebo
controlled
trial that
were applied
on the
patients
above the
age of 65.
Hence, the
research
design was
also relevant.
, both the
patient groups
were divided
into two
groups of
patients that
received
intravenous
dexmedetomi
dine and
another one
that received
placebo.
Hence, there
was no such
speculations
of potential
bias.
the
intervention
group were
able to
overcome
the risk of
delirium as
only 9% were
affected with
delirium.
Hence, it
showed the
way
intervention
helps in
delirium
prevention
randomised
control trial
that has level
of evidence
1.
collected
from the
patients prior
to the
research.
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