Effectiveness of the ABCDEF Bundle to Manage and Prevent Delirium: Pre- and Postintervention Quasi-Experimental Study
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Tahany Nagy Nagm Eldean1, Mohamed Hassan Bakri, Mervet Anwar Abdel Aziz
1Author Affiliations: Critical Care and Emergency Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, South Valley University, Qena (Nagy Nagm Eldean); Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt (Hassan Bakri); Critical Care and Emergency Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt (Anwar Abdel Aziz and Khalaf).
To investigate effectiveness of the ABCDEF bundle to manage and prevent delirium.
To investigate effectiveness of the ABCDEF bundle to manage and prevent delirium.
Background:
ICU delirium is a common hospital problem that 80% of critically ill patients in the ICU experience. The ABCDEF bundle is one of the tools that included in Delirium guidelines to manage critically ill patients.
Research Design:
Pre- and post intervention a quasi-experimental design was utilized in the present study.
Setting:
This study was conducted in the intensive care units of Assiut University Hospital.
Methods:
A total of 60 mechanically ventilated patients were recruited using inclusion and exclusion criteria. The ABCDEF bundle was implemented every day for the first 7 days of ICU admission, and patient sedation and delirium status were assessed using the Confusion Assessment Method for the Intensive Care Unit (CAM-ICU). Sedation instrument measures were utilized in data collection.
Results:
Significant differences were found in the incidence of delirium: 20% in the study group versus 70% in the control group. The increased mean of days without delirium ICU stay was 4.6333 in the study group and 1.1000 in the control group, with P value = .001.
Conclusion:
The mechanically ventilated patients exposed to the implementation of the ABCDE bundle experienced fewer delirium signs than before the ABCDE bundle was implemented.
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