Effective Strategies for Dementia Care - Full Text View

Sponsors and Collaborators:	Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg German Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Information provided by:	Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00653731

Purpose

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the interventions of Snoezelen, structured reminiscence therapy and 10-minutes activation are effective to reduce apathy in long term care residents with dementia.

Condition	Intervention
Dementia Cognitive Impairment	Behavioral: Snoezelen © Behavioral: structured reminiscence therapy Behavioral: 10-minutes activation Behavioral: Unstructured verbal communication

MedlinePlus related topics: Dementia

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Supportive Care, Randomized, Open Label, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study
Official Title:	Testing Three Interventions for Clinical Effectiveness in Long Term Care Residents With Dementia: Snoezelen, Structured Reminiscence Therapy, 10-Minutes Activation. A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial.

Further study details as provided by Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg:

Primary Outcome Measures:

Apathy Evaluation Scale (Marin et al. 1991) [ Time Frame: 12 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Secondary Outcome Measures:

Neuropsychiatric Inventory (Cummings 1997) [ Time Frame: 3, 6 and 12 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Apathy Evaluation Scale (Marin et al. 1991) [ Time Frame: 3 and 6 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Staff Observation Aggression Scale (Nijman et al. 1997) [ Time Frame: 3,6 and 12 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Nottingham Health Profile (Bureau-Chalot et al. 2002) staff-related measurement [ Time Frame: 6 and 12 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Smiley Analogue Scale for Well-Being [ Time Frame: 3, 6 and 12 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
PASTA (Zimber 2001) staff-related measurement [ Time Frame: 6 and 12 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Estimated Enrollment:	360
Study Start Date:	February 2008
Estimated Study Completion Date:	January 2010
Estimated Primary Completion Date:	June 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Arms	Assigned Interventions
Snoezelen ©: Experimental	Behavioral: Snoezelen © Nursing individual intervention one time a week for 20 minutes
Reminiscence: Experimental	Behavioral: structured reminiscence therapy Individual nursing intervention: one time a week 20 minutes
10 min activation: Experimental	Behavioral: 10-minutes activation Individual nursing intervention: two times a week for 10 minutes
Talk: Active Comparator	Behavioral: Unstructured verbal communication Individual nursing intervention: one time a week for 20 minutes

Detailed Description:

Design:

Cluster-randomized controlled trial with 20 nursing homes in Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt (Germany).

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	55 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Dementia
Informed consent by legal guardian
MMSE ≤ 24

Exclusion Criteria:

Korsakoff's syndrome
Age ≤ 55 years
Cognitive impairment other cause than dementia

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00653731

Locations

Germany, SAN
Institut für Gesundheits- und Pflegewissenschaft, Medizinische Fakultät, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Halle, SAN, Germany, 06097

Sponsors and Collaborators

Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg

German Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Investigators

Principal Investigator:

Johann Behrens, PhD

Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg

More Information

Project home page This link exits the ClinicalTrials.gov site

Responsible Party:	Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg ( Prof. Dr. phil habil Johann Behrens )
Study ID Numbers:	PfVMS-T6
Study First Received:	April 2, 2008
Last Updated:	October 1, 2008
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00653731
Health Authority:	Germany: Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Keywords provided by Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg:

dementia
snoezelen
structured reminiscence therapy
10-minutes activation
apathy

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Delirium, Dementia, Amnestic, Cognitive Disorders
Mental Disorders
Central Nervous System Diseases
Brain Diseases

Dementia
Cognition Disorders
Delirium

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Nervous System Diseases

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 16, 2009