IRCT201604107391N3 IRCT 2017-01-14 Vice Chancellor for research,Isfahan University Of Medical Sciences Family - patient communication on the incidence of delirium Effect of family - patient communication on the incidence of delirium in hospitalized patients 2013-04-09 anticipated 68 Complete https://irct.ir/trial/7837 interventional Randomization: Randomized, Blinding: Single blinded, Placebo: Not used, Assignment: Parallel, Purpose: Prevention. 2-3 Delirium. Intervention 1: Intervention group: Researcher held a two- hour class for the families to familiarize them with the goal, signs, causes, prevention methods of delirium and communicational methods and distributed pamphlets among them. These materials were reviewed before each visit with the family members. To administrate the intervention, from the day after surgery, when the patient was separated from ventilation device and was able to communicate, after making coordination with ICU staff and at a certain time of morning shift (once a day), a family member in study group(selected by the patient and undergone necessary education) was permitted to attend by the patient for 30-40 minutes and communicated with him/ her, based on the already received education after wearing a disposable gown, shoes cover, a mask and disinfection of the hands with an anti- bacterial spray. Intervention 2: Control group:For the patients in control group, no special visit was scheduled and the family visited their patients based on hospital regulations although their visits were recorded.