Home-based Cognitive Prehabilitation in Older Surgical Patients: A Feasibility Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cognitive training is beneficial in various clinical settings, although its perioperative feasibility and impact remain unknown. The objective of this pilot study was to determine the feasibility of home-based cognitive prehabilitation before major surgery in older adults.

Materials and methods

Sixty-one patients were enrolled, randomized, and allocated to either a home-based preoperative cognitive training regimen or no training before surgery. Outcomes included postoperative delirium incidence (primary outcome; assessed with the 3D-Confusion Assessment Method), perioperative cognitive function based on NIH Toolbox measures, hospital length of stay, and physical therapy session participation. Reasons for declining enrollment were reported, as were reasons for opt

SUBMITTER: Vlisides PE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6652226 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature