Occupational therapist-guided cognitive interventions in critically ill patients: a feasibility randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Intensive care unit (ICU) delirium is a common complication of critical illness requiring a multimodal approach to management. We assessed the feasibility of a novel occupational therapist (OT)-guided cognitive intervention protocol, titrated according to sedation level, in critically ill patients.

Methods

Patients aged ≥ 18 yr admitted to a medical/surgical ICU were randomized to the standard delirium prevention protocol or to the OT-guided cognitive intervention protocol in addition to standard of care. The target enrolment number was N = 112. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the study enrolment period was truncated. The primary outcome was feasibility of the intervention as measured by the proportion of eligible cognitive interventions delivered by the OT. Secondary

SUBMITTER: Deemer K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9668395 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature