SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
Non-Pharmacological Nursing Interventions for Prevention and Treatment of Delirium in Hospitalized Adult Patients: Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Novel Insights into Addiction Management: A Meta-Analysis on Intervention for Relapse Prevention.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Pooled it
- Applicability of the interventions recommended for patients at risk or with delirium in medical and post-acute settings: a systematic review and a Nominal Group Technique study.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2022Pooled it
- Specialized Delirium Care Environments in Hospitalized Older Adults: A Systematic Review.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- The Impact of Recorded Music on Postoperative Delirium in Older Adults After Hip Fracture Surgery (IPOD): A Quasi-Experimental Study.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2026Article
- Delirium Prevention in Acute Care Telemetry: An Evidence-Based Practice Project.Worldviews on evidence-based nursing · 2026Article
- Early Risk Stratification of Delirium in Intermediate Care Units and Its Impact on 30-Day Mortality: A Decision-Tree Analysis.Clinics and practice · 2026Article
- Measuring unfinished nursing care in patients with or at risk for delirium: a development and Delphi study.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2026Review
- 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
- Delirium risk factors in patients ≥ 60 years of age with recent myocardial infarction.Journal of geriatric cardiology : JGC · 2025Article
- Impact of Adjuvant Mannitol Administration on the Development of Delirium in Patients with Myocardial Infarction: Results of a Single-Center Pilot Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Assessing delirium knowledge among health care professionals: findings from a scoping review.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Delirium and Coronavirus Disease 2019: Looking Back, Moving Forward.Critical care nursing clinics of North America · 2024Review
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- Live and Recorded Music Interventions to Reduce Postoperative Pain: Protocol for a Nonrandomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2023Article
- Non-Pharmacological Nursing Interventions to Prevent Delirium in ICU Patients-An Umbrella Review with Implications for Evidence-Based Practice.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Review
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Abstract
Delirium is a common neurobehavioral complication in hospitalized patients that can occur in the acute phase and lead to poor long-term outcomes. The purpose of this study was to identify non-pharmacological nursing interventions for the prevention and treatment of delirium in hospitalized adult patients. We conducted a systematic review to synthesize the findings of published studies. We searched the PubMed, EMBASE, CINAHL, and Cochrane Library CENTRAL databases for randomized controlled trials in January 2021. We report this systematic review according to the PRISMA 2009 checklist. The study was registered on PROSPERO (CRD42021226538). Nine studies were systematically reviewed for non-pharmacological nursing interventions for the prevention and treatment of delirium. The types of non-pharmacological nursing interventions included multicomponent intervention, multidisciplinary care, multimedia education, music listening, mentoring of family caregivers concerning delirium management, bright light exposure, ear plugs, and interventions for simulated family presence using pre-recorded video messages. These results could help nurses select and utilize non-pharmacological nursing interventions for the prevention and treatment of delirium in clinical nursing practice.
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