Postoperative Delirium - European Society of Anaesthesiology Survey

The ESA is currently preparing a guideline on the management of postoperative delirium (POD), which attempts to reduce the impact of postoperative delirium and provide recommendations for prevention, diagnostics and treatment of delirium outside the intensive care unit. The guidelines are going to be published during 2015.

While the guideline provides recommendations for daily practice, assessment of current practice and knowledge is of utmost importance, because the implementation and the measurement of a change in clinical practice will be dependent on these measurements.

This Survey has been approved by the Scientific and Research Committees of the European Society of Anaesthesiology (ESA), the Media Committee of the ESA, as well as the institutional ethical committee of Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Postoperative Delirium

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 564

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Germany
  • Berlin, Germany, 13355
    • Department of Anaesthesiolgy and Intensive Care Medicine CVK/CCM, Charité - Univeristy Medicine Berlin
• Italy
  • Ancona, Italy, 60127
    • Italian National Research Centres On Aging
• Spain
  • Valladolid, Spain, 47012
    • Department of Anaesthesiology, Faculdad de medicina de Valladloid, Hospital Universitario Rio Hortega
• United Kingdom
  • London, United Kingdom, SW7 2 AZ
    • Department of Anaesthesia, Imperial College NHS Healthcare Trust

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

Anaesthesists , nursing statt and students (Members of the European Society of Anaesthesiology)

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Anaesthesists, nursing staff, which are invited to the online - Survey of the European Society of Anaesthesiology

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Status of diagnosis of delirium	Answers of ESA-members regarding diagnosis instruments of Delirium. Survey: Multiple Chioce Question. Plus short Essay question to describe prevention (non-structured, non mandatory).	Up to 6 months
Status of prevention of delirium	Answers of ESA-members regarding prevention measurements of Delirium Survey: Multiple Chioce Question. Plus short Essay question to describe prevention (non-structured, non mandatory).	Up to 6 months
Status of therapy of delirium	Answers of ESA-members regarding therapy of Delirium. Survey: Multiple Chioce Question. Plus short Essay question to describe prevention (non-structured, non-mandatory).	Up to 6 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Status of diagnosis of delirium	Answers of ESA-members regarding diagnosis instruments of Delirium. Survey: Multiple Chioce Question. Plus short Essay question to describe prevention (non-structured, non-mandatory).	Up to one, two and five years
Status of prevention of delirium	Answers of ESA-members regarding prevention measurements of Delirium. Survey: Multiple Chioce Question. Plus short Essay question to describe prevention (non-structured, non-mandatory).	Up to one, two and five years
Status of therapy of delirium	Answers of ESA-members regarding therapy of Delirium. Survey: Multiple Chioce Question. Plus short Essay question to describe prevention (non-structured, non-mandatory).	Up to one, two and five years

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Charite University, Berlin, Germany
• Investigators: Study Director: Claudia Spies, MD, Prof., Charité - Univeristy Medicine Berlin

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: August 1, 2015
• Primary Completion (Actual): December 1, 2020
• Study Completion (Actual): December 1, 2020

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 20, 2015
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 30, 2015
• First Posted (Estimated): July 31, 2015

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 25, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 10, 2025
• Last Verified: February 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Neurologic Manifestations; Nervous System Diseases; Mental Disorders; Postoperative Complications; Pathologic Processes; Confusion; Neurobehavioral Manifestations; Neurocognitive Disorders; Emergence Delirium; Delirium
• Other Study ID Numbers: PODESAS