Trial reportCanadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie2023
Occupational therapist-guided cognitive interventions in critically ill patients: a feasibility randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 8 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Guided Occupational Therapist Cognitive Interventions in Critically Ill Patients
Effect of Early Cognitive Stimulation Interventions on Delirium Among Critically Ill Patients
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.
- Korean clinical practice guidelines for rehabilitation in critically ill patients and post-intensive care syndrome.Acute and critical care · 2026Guideline
- Cognitive Rehabilitation Interventions in the Intensive Care Unit: A Systematic Integrative Review.Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica · 2026Pooled it
- Occupational therapy improves functional recovery and reduces delirium in critically ill adults with and without stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Korean Clinical Practice Guidelines for Rehabilitation in Critically Ill Patients and Post-Intensive Care Syndrome.Annals of rehabilitation medicine · 2026Article
- Development and validation of a knowledge, attitude and practice questionnaire of occupational therapy.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Occupational Therapy in the Intensive Care Unit: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Occupational therapy international · 2026Article
- Clinical and Cognitive Characteristics Associated with the Onset of Delirium in Postoperative Cardiovascular Surgery Patients Admitted to the ICU.Progress in rehabilitation medicine · 2024Article
- Effect of occupational therapy on the occurrence of delirium in critically ill patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Review
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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
purposeIntensive care unit (ICU) delirium is a common complication of critical illness requiring a multimodal approach to management. We assessed the feasibility of a novel occupational therapist (OT)-guided cognitive intervention protocol, titrated according to sedation level, in critically ill patients.
methodsPatients aged ≥ 18 yr admitted to a medical/surgical ICU were randomized to the standard delirium prevention protocol or to the OT-guided cognitive intervention protocol in addition to standard of care. The target enrolment number was N = 112. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the study enrolment period was truncated. The primary outcome was feasibility of the intervention as measured by the proportion of eligible cognitive interventions delivered by the OT. Secondary outcomes included feasibility of goal session length (20 min), participant clinical outcomes (delirium prevalence and duration, cognitive status, functional status, quality of life, and ICU length of stay), and a description of methodological challenges and solutions for future research.
resultsSeventy patients were enrolled and 69 patients were included in the final analysis. The majority of OT-guided sessions (110/137; 80%) were completed. The mean (standard deviation [SD]) number of sessions per patient was 4.1 (3.8). The goal session length was achieved (mean [SD], 19.8 [3.1] min), with few sessions (8/110; 7%) terminated early per patient request.
conclusionThis novel OT-guided cognitive intervention protocol is feasible in medical/surgical ICU patients. A larger randomized controlled trial is required to determine the impact of such a protocol on delirium prevalence or duration. STUDY REGISTRATION: www. CLINICALTRIALS: gov (NCT03604809); registered 18 June 2018.
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