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VoiceLove Digital Therapy for Delirium in the ICU

The Methodist Hospital Research Institute

Start Date

8/21/2025

Completion Date

1/31/2026

Summary

The study is a single-center, single-arm, prospective trial to evaluate the feasibility, safety, and acceptability of VoiceLOVE digital therapy for the management of delirium in surgical ICU patients. 15 participants will be enrolled. The study expects that 70% of participants will complete 20 -25 minutes of the VoiceLOVE digital therapy. Descriptive statistics will be used to summarize the findings. The intent is that this study will provide information for a larger, subsequent clinical trial of surgical ICU patients who are at risk for delirium.

Detailed Description

VoiceLove digital therapy includes voice recordings of the participant's loved one delivered at the bedside via a smartphone attached to the bed. The VoiceLove digital therapy will be delivered in the morning and in the evening and will play for 20-25 minutes each session. Participants will have a pre-operative visit, 3 consecutive intervention visits with vital signs assessment, 7 days of assessments of Confusion Assessment Methods (CAM)-ICU (morning and evening), and 7 days of a Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale assessment. The participant will provide an assessment of the acceptability of the VoiceLove digital therapy using a system usability scale score at the end of their participation in the study.

Eligibility Criteria

Age Range: 18 years to No maximum

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Men and women aged ≥18 years admitted to the hospital after major surgery (elective or non-elective) require a hospital stay of at least five days following surgery, including an ICU stay for at least three days after the surgical procedure 2. At risk of delirium, as per ICU delirium risk score or existing diagnosis 3. Family members or caregivers involved in patient care at least 18 years of age. 4. Clinical team members caring for the patients Exclusion Criteria: * Patients in the ICU who have 1. a history of severe mental illness, 2. admission for a drug overdose, 3. severe vertigo, 4. a history of severe postoperative nausea and vomiting, 5. hearing or visual impairments, 6. preexisting severe dementia (Montreal Cognitive Assessment Score \<15), 7. neurological surgeries.

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

VoiceLove therapy

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Conditions

Delirium

Locations

Houston Methodist Hospital

Houston, Texas 77030

United States