Benefits of an automated postoperative delirium risk prediction tool combined with non-pharmacological delirium prevention on delirium incidence and length of stay: a before-after analysis based on a quality improvement project.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Postoperative delirium (POD) significantly impacts older surgical patients, necessitating effective prevention strategies.

Objective

To assess the effectiveness of the Pre-Interventional Preventive Risk Assessment (PIPRA) automated delirium risk prediction tool alongside non-pharmacological prevention strategies on POD incidence, hospital length of stay (LOS) and nursing time.

Methods

This quality improvement project, set in a 335-bed Swiss private hospital, employed a before-after design to evaluate the impact of PIPRA and preventive measures on POD, LOS and nursing time in non-cardiac and non-intracranial surgery inpatients aged 60 or older. The control phase focused on enhancing POD screening, whilst the intervention phase incorporated PIPRA for risk ass

SUBMITTER: Dodsworth BT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11471309 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature