Enhancing European Management of Analgesia, Sedation and Delirium

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ICU-staff that is adequately trained in PAD-screening and -management is part of guideline recommendations internationally, and staff training should take place accordingly. Prior studies have hinted at low implementation rates of delirium screening intensive care units and an overall low reliabilit...

ICU-staff that is adequately trained in PAD-screening and -management is part of guideline recommendations internationally, and staff training should take place accordingly. Prior studies have hinted at low implementation rates of delirium screening intensive care units and an overall low reliability of the documented scores. The study's rationale is to evaluate staff perceptions regarding delirium screening practice in their ICU, and evaluate the validity of routine delirium screening scoring (compared to an expert-screen). Subsequently, the effect of a training block for ICU staff on routine delirium screening frequency and validity will be assessed. The implemented training package contains online lectures, instructional videos, educational handouts, and a bedside teaching component over the course of 6 weeks. On each point-prevalence day three members of the ICU staff (attending/consultant, trainee physician, nurse) will fill out their respective questionnaire (attending CRF, physician CRF, nurse CRF). These questionnaires ask for estimates of delirium prevalence in their respective ICU, as well as estimates on the frequency of delirium screening implementation. Subsequently, the local study coordinator will evaluate all patients that have received treatment in the ICU during the past 24 hours according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Each included patient will receive a pseudonym and the study coordinator will fill out one electronic case report file (eCRF, see list of items) per included patient. A member of staff who is trained in administering the CAM-ICU screening tool will then evaluate all included patients, and enter the respective score result in each patient's "expert CRF".

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