The use of custom-created apps, neuropsychological testing, and clinical assessments will be evaluated as tools for determining the appropriateness of PACU discharge to home.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
1,000
This study's interventions will include a brief neuropsychological assessment, including pre-operative baseline and post-operative repeat assessment. Additional assessments of memory and coordination using two custom apps and standard clinical assessments will also be conducted at each timepoint
University of Illinois Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Standardized neuropsychiatric testing WAIS SCWT SPWT TOPJ
comparison of results to baseline measurements of these four validated neuropsychiatric assessments
Time frame: 24 hours
Memory App
Use of a colored sequence presentation memory app to assess subjects return to baseline
Time frame: 24 hours
Flight Path App
Seated subject follows the flight path of a bird on an iPad app. Comparisons made to baseline performance.
Time frame: 24 hours
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