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Study aim
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Determining the effect of family involvement by nurse mentoring on delirium management in ICU patients
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Design
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It is a clinical trial in which a blind, randomized Weber strain was used between 61 intervention and control groups on 60patients and a card in an envelope was used for randomization
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Settings and conduct
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The study was performed in the ICU of Khoy hospitals. First, the control or intervention group was randomly selected with a card in the envelope and sampling was performed by time block method up to 30 samples in each group. Sampling is done for that group for two weeks and continues until the discharge of the last member of the study group. Then sampling is done for the other group. The intervention in the intervention group was done by the nurse mentoring method.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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Inclusion criteria: physical and cognitive ability, no dementia, no discharge or death or transfer in the study phase, delirium and score less than 25 according to Neecham criteria
Exclusion criteria: transfer of the patient to another medical center, discharge or death of the patient, loss of consciousness and continuous sedation after delirium, cardiopulmonary resuscitation and endotracheal intubation
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Intervention groups
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In the intervention group, the appropriate caregiver is selected for each patient according to his / her opinion and in coordination with the family, and he / she is given the necessary training on the type of disease and its complications, ways of treatment and management of delirium behaviors. For the control group, only the Richmond and Demographic Questionnaire and the Neecham Questionnaire will be completed.
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Main outcome variables
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Disease control, cost and length of hospital stay, family education and self-confidence, support for family members