Automating Delirium Severity in the ICU

Description

Bedside cameras will stay up for at least 72 hours (about 3 days), it may be longer if delirium is being experienced and if the patient and or LAR (Legally Authorized Representative) agree to the cameras’ continued recording.

The study team will come and ask the patient questions 4 times daily. We will ask questions about their general, mental, and emotional health, their mood and memory. During these visits, the study team will check the alertness of the patient. Alertness will be checked by voice; if they do not respond, we will tap their shoulder gently. We will ask the patient to do activities like remembering words and saying them back, shaking hands, and drawing an object or clock. The study team will administer assessments 4 times daily. Participants will be asked questions about their general, mental, and emotional health, as well as mood and memory. While performing these sessions, the study team will observe the level of awareness. Awareness will be assessed by voice; if they do not respond, we will have to do a gentle tap on their shoulders. The patient will be asked to perform activities such as: remembering words and repeating them back, handshaking, and drawing an object or clock.

In some cases, if the patient’s level of awareness alertness is lowered, we will do observation only perform observation assessments. These assessments do not interfere with clinical care. Participation in this study is voluntary.

The study team will continue to follow the patient until discharged from ICU.

The bedside nurse, patient, or family can cover the cameras with a washcloth if needed for privacy. The faces of family and clinicians and the bathing suit areas of patients are blurred before analysis to protect privacy.