A software to prevent delirium in hospitalised older adults: development and feasibility assessment.

Background non-pharmacological interventions to prevent delirium are useful in hospitalised older adults. However, they are poorly implemented in clinical practice. We aimed to develop a software for bedside use by hospitalised older adults and to improve their access to these interventions. Methods...

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Publicado en:Age & Ageing Vol. 49; no. 2; pp. 239 - 246
Autores principales: Alvarez, Evelyn A, Garrido, Maricel, Ponce, Daniela P, Pizarro, Gaspar, Córdova, Andres A, Vera, Felipe, Ruiz, Rocio, Fernández, Raul, Velásquez, Juan D, Tobar, Eduardo, Salech, Felipe
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Publicado: Oxford University Press / USA Mar2020
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          Alvarez, Evelyn A
          Garrido, Maricel
          Ponce, Daniela P
          Pizarro, Gaspar
          Córdova, Andres A
          Vera, Felipe
          Ruiz, Rocio
          Fernández, Raul
          Velásquez, Juan D
          Tobar, Eduardo
          Salech, Felipe
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          Escuela de Terapia Ocupacional, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Central de Chile, Santiago, Metropolitana, Chile
          Departamento de Terapia Ocupacional y Ciencia de la Ocupación, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Metropolitana, Chile
          Departamento de Medicina Interna Norte, Servicio Medicina Física y Rehabilitación, Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Metropolitana, Chile
          Centro de Investigación Clínica Avanzada (CICA), Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Metropolitana, Chile
          Web Intelligence Center, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Metropolitana, Chile
          Departamento de Medicina Interna Norte, Sección Geriatría, Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Metropolitana, Chile
          Instituto Sistemas Complejos de Ingeniería (ISCI), Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Metropolitana, Chile
          Departamento de Medicina Interna Norte, Unidad de Pacientes Críticos, Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Metropolitana, Chile
          Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Metropolitana, Chile
          Unidad de Cuidados Adulto Mayor, Clínica Las Condes, Santiago, Chile
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        Elder care
        Hospital care of older people
        Cognition
        Health services accessibility
        Teams in the workplace
        Pain management
        Delirium
        Health care teams
        Mental orientation
        Space perception
        Pilot projects
        Software architecture
        Disease incidence
        Mobile apps
        Early ambulation (Rehabilitation)
        Sleep hygiene
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          Elder care
          Hospital care of older people
          Cognition
          Health services accessibility
          Teams in the workplace
          Pain management
          Continuing Care Retirement Communities
          Computer systems design and related services (except video game design and development)
          Delirium
          Health care teams
          Mental orientation
          Space perception
          Pilot projects
          Software architecture
          Disease incidence
          Mobile apps
          Early ambulation (Rehabilitation)
          Sleep hygiene
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        delirium
        gerontechnology
        non-pharmacological interventions
        prevention
        software
        delirium
        gerontechnology
        non-pharmacological interventions
        prevention
        software
      ab: Background non-pharmacological interventions to prevent delirium are useful in hospitalised older adults. However, they are poorly implemented in clinical practice. We aimed to develop a software for bedside use by hospitalised older adults and to improve their access to these interventions. Methods a transdisciplinary team composed of healthcare professionals, designers, engineers and older adults participated in the development of the software. Scrum methodology was used to coordinate the work of the team, and the software was evaluated in a feasibility study. Results a software for touchscreen mobile devices that supports Android 5.0 or later was produced, including modules for time-spatial re-orientation, cognitive stimulation, early mobilisation, sensorial support use promotion, sleep hygiene and pain management optimisation. Horizontal disposition, use of colour contrast and large interaction areas were used to improve accessibility. The software's usability and accessibility were evaluated in 34 older adults (average age 73.2 ± 9.1 years) showing that 91.1% of them got access to all the software functions without previous instructions. The clinical feasibility assessment showed that 83.3% of the 30 enrolled hospitalised patients (76 ± 8 years) completed the 5-day protocol of software usage during hospitalisation. Software use was associated with a decreased trend in delirium incidence of 5 of 32 (15.6%) at baseline to 2 of 30 (6.6%) after its implementation. Conclusion a highly accessible and implementable software, designed to improve access to non-pharmacological interventions to prevent delirium in hospitalised older adults, was developed. The effectiveness of the software will be evaluated in a randomised clinical trial.
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    language: English
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