Inouye and colleagues and Rubin and colleagues
reviewed the effectiveness of the HELP
program by looking at how HELP influenced risk
factors and delirium. In these studies, the HELP
program met its main goal of maintaining physical
and cognitive function in geriatric patients. HELP
resulted in a lower incidence of delirium, a lower
number of total days with delirium, and a lower
number of episodes of delirium. HELP also had
a positive effect on the presence of risk factors in
patients. When HELP patients were reassessed after
5 days of hospitalization or at discharge , they were found to have less
cognitive impairment, less sleep deprivation and
less use of sedative drugs, less immobility,more vision
and hearing corrected patients, and less dehydration.
These findings showed positive trends;
however, only the findings for cognitive impairment
and sleep deprivation and use of sedative
drugs were statistically significant.
Inouye and colleagues and Rubin and colleagues reviewed the effectiveness of the HELPprogram by looking at how HELP influenced riskfactors and delirium. In these studies, the HELPprogram met its main goal of maintaining physicaland cognitive function in geriatric patients. HELPresulted in a lower incidence of delirium, a lowernumber of total days with delirium, and a lowernumber of episodes of delirium. HELP also hada positive effect on the presence of risk factors inpatients. When HELP patients were reassessed after5 days of hospitalization or at discharge , they were found to have lesscognitive impairment, less sleep deprivation andless use of sedative drugs, less immobility,more visionand hearing corrected patients, and less dehydration. These findings showed positive trends;however, only the findings for cognitive impairmentand sleep deprivation and use of sedativedrugs were statistically significant.
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