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CTRI Number  CTRI/2020/02/023596 [Registered on: 26/02/2020] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 09/11/2025
Post Graduate Thesis  Yes 
Type of Trial  Observational 
Type of Study   Cohort Study 
Study Design  Other 
Public Title of Study   To study the association between frailty before surgery and delirium after surgery in cardiac surgery patients. 
Scientific Title of Study   A Prospective observational study designed to study the association between preoperative frailty and postoperative delirium in cardiac surgery patients. 
Trial Acronym   
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Dr Manish Patil 
Designation  Assistant Professor 
Affiliation  B.Y.L. Nair Ch. Hospital And T.N. Medical college, Mumbai central 
Address  Department of Anaesthesiology, B.Y.L. Nair Ch. Hospital And T.N. Medical college, Mumbai central

Mumbai
MAHARASHTRA
400008
India 
Phone  9004025170  
Fax    
Email  drmanishpatil@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Dr Poonam Kolte 
Designation  Senior Resident 
Affiliation  B.Y.L. Nair Ch. Hospital And T.N. Medical college, Mumbai central 
Address  Department of Anaesthesiology, B.Y.L. Nair Ch. Hospital And T.N. Medical college, Mumbai central

Mumbai
MAHARASHTRA
400008
India 
Phone  8805305883  
Fax    
Email  kolte.poonam10293@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Dr Poonam Kolte 
Designation  Senior Resident 
Affiliation  B.Y.L. Nair Ch. Hospital And T.N. Medical college, Mumbai central 
Address  Department of Anaesthesiology, B.Y.L. Nair Ch. Hospital And T.N. Medical college, Mumbai central

Mumbai
MAHARASHTRA
400008
India 
Phone  8805305883  
Fax    
Email  kolte.poonam10293@gmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
B.Y.L. Nair Ch. Hospital & T.N. Medical college, Mumbai central. 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  BYL Nair Ch Hospital And TN Medical college Mumbai central 
Address  B.Y.L. Nair Ch. Hospital And T.N. Medical college, Mumbai central 40008 
Type of Sponsor  Government medical college 
 
Details of Secondary Sponsor  
Name  Address 
NIL  NIL 
 
Countries of Recruitment     India  
Sites of Study  
No of Sites = 1  
Name of Principal Investigator  Name of Site  Site Address  Phone/Fax/Email 
Dr Poonam Kolte  B.Y.L. Nair Ch. Hospital,   Department of anesthesiology
Mumbai
MAHARASHTRA 
8805305883

kolte.poonam10293@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
ECARP/2017/173  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition: I251||Atherosclerotic heart disease of native coronary artery, (2) ICD-10 Condition: I083||Combined rheumatic disorders of mitral, aortic and tricuspid valves,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  30.00 Year(s)
Age To  50.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  Patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery which includes cardiac bypass surgery and valvular heart disease repair surgery. 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  1) Emergency Cardiac surgery.
2)K/C/O psychiatric illness.
3) Patients in whom delirium cannot be assessed reliably like patients with previous stroke, cerebral palsy, severe dementia, severe hearing disabilities,
4) Patients refusal to give consent. 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Not Applicable 
Method of Concealment   Not Applicable 
Blinding/Masking   Not Applicable 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
association between preoperative frailty and postoperative delirium in cardiac surgery patients.  2 weeks 
 
Secondary Outcome     
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="150"
Sample Size from India="150" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "0"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="152" 
Phase of Trial   N/A 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   02/03/2020 
Date of Study Completion (India) Date Missing 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Date Missing 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="1"
Months="2"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)
Modification(s)  
Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Completed 
Publication Details   Nil 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

Will individual participant data (IPD) be shared publicly (including data dictionaries)?  

Brief Summary
Modification(s)  

Background:

The study aimed to evaluate the association between preoperative frailty and postoperative delirium in patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery.


Methods:

A prospective observational study was conducted. Frailty was assessed preoperatively using four tools:

  • Fried Frailty Criteria

  • Edmonton Frail Scale (EFS)

  • Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB)

  • 35-Item Frailty Index


Postoperative delirium was assessed every 12 hours for 7 days using the Confusion Assessment Method for ICU (CAM-ICU).


Results:

  • Fried Frailty Criteria: 63.8% were frail; 49.5% of them developed delirium vs. 13.3% in non-frail patients.

  • SPPB: 61.2% were frail; 50.5% of these developed delirium.

  • EFS: 47.37% of frail patients developed delirium; delirious patients had significantly higher EFS scores (p=0.001).

  • 35-Item Frailty Index: Delirium occurred in 12.5% (FI 0.2–0.3), 19% (FI 0.31–0.4), and 56.95% (FI >0.4). Higher FI correlated significantly with delirium (p<0.001).


Conclusion:

All four frailty assessment methods effectively predicted postoperative delirium. The Fried Frailty Criteria and SPPB showed high negative predictive values (87.27% and 87.95%, respectively). The 35-Item Frailty Index quantified frailty severity, with higher scores indicating greater delirium risk.

Overall, preoperative frailty was strongly associated with an increased incidence of postoperative delirium, highlighting frailty assessment as a valuable predictive tool in cardiac surgery patients.





 
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