SynthesisPloS one2022
Effects of non-pharmacological interventions for preventing delirium in general ward inpatients: A systematic review & meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.
- Non-pharmacological interventions for delirium in the pediatric population: a systematic review with narrative synthesis.BMC pediatrics · 2024Pooled it
- Association between the unaccompanied nursing care model and postoperative delirium in older adults with hip fractures: a retrospective before-and-after cohort study.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Clinical Nursing Management of Adult Patients with Delirium in a Hospital Setting-A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Development of a nurse-led clinical pathway to prevent delirium in older adults in general hospital wards: a realist review protocol.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Delirium prevalence and management in general wards, emergency departments, rehabilitation centres and nursing homes in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (DACH countries): A secondary analysis of a worldwide point prevalence study.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2025Article
- Prevention of Delirium in the Intensive Care Unit through Nonpharmacological Interventions: An Umbrella Review.Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2025Article
- Trends in Delirium and New Antipsychotic and Benzodiazepine Use Among Hospitalized Older Adults Before and After the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic.JAMA network open · 2023Article
- [Evidence-based versus expertise-based medicine in orthopedic and trauma surgery : There is nothing more practical than a good theory].Orthopadie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2023Review
- Development and evaluation of a concise nurse-driven non-pharmacological delirium reduction workflow for hospitalized patients: An interrupted time series study.Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.)Article
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to identify the types and contents of non-pharmacological delirium prevention interventions applied to inpatients in general wards, and to verified the effectiveness of the interventions on the incidence of delirium. We performed an extensive search of bibliographic databases and registries (CENTRAL, MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, ClinicalTrials.gov and WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform, PubMed and Google Scholar, and Korean DB such as RISS, DBpia, KISS, NDSL and KCI) using terms to identify delirium, prevention, and non-pharmacological. We searched all databases from their inception to January 2021 and imposed restriction on language of publication in English and Korean. We included studies if they were conducted as all types of randomized controlled trials (RCT), involving adult patients aged 19 years or more who were admitted to a general ward. We included trials comparing non-pharmacological intervention versus usual care. The entire process of data selection and extraction, assessment of risk of bias with ROB2.O was independently performed by three researchers. The estimated effect size was an odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval. The fixed effects model and general inverse variance estimation method were adopted. The type of non-pharmacological delirium prevention interventions for inpatients in general ward was mainly multi-component intervention to correct delirium risk factors. The content and intensity of non-pharmacological interventions varied greatly depending on the characteristics of the patient and the clinical situation. As a result of the meta-analysis, non-pharmacological multi-component intervention was effective in reducing the incidence of delirium, and it was confirmed that it was effective in reducing the incidence of delirium in both the internal and surgical wards. It was confirmed by quantitative evidence that non-pharmacological interventions, especially multi-component interventions, were effective in preventing delirium in general ward inpatients.
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