Nursing Intervention to Reduce Incidence and Duration of Delirium in Patients in Intensive Care

Introduction: Delirium is a cognitive alteration of acute onset and fluctuating course, characterized by the reduced capacity to pay attention to the environment, memory impairment, disorientation, language, and perception alteration. Its incidence varies between 20 and 90% in ICU patients. It shows high variability in both incidence and typology, representing a phenomenon of great interest to nursing, who can make timely interventions. General objective: To determine the effectiveness of nursing interventions based on the Dynamic Symptoms Model and scientific evidence, compared to daily care, for reducing the incidence and duration of delirium in people hospitalized in the adult ICU. Methodology: Study with a quantitative approach, experimental design of the type Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial of parallel groups, phase III in which the effectiveness and safety of the intervention designed in a particular population are evaluated, such as the ICU population, who are older risk of developing delirium. The sample will be 71 people for the intervention group and 142 for the control group, with a 2: 1 ratio. Expected outcome: The primary results are: reduce the incidence and duration of delirium in ICU patients, and the secondary outcomes are: shorter ICU stay, mechanical ventilation, use of physical restraints, less pain intensity, and more days in RASS between -2 and + 1. Risk: Greater than the minimum.