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Effective Strategies for Dementia Care

NCT00653731 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 327

Last updated 2011-08-31

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

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.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Snoezelen ©

Nursing individual intervention one time a week for 20 minutes

BEHAVIORAL

structured reminiscence therapy

Individual nursing intervention: one time a week 20 minutes

BEHAVIORAL

10-minutes activation

Individual nursing intervention: two times a week for 10 minutes

BEHAVIORAL

Unstructured verbal communication

Individual nursing intervention: one time a week for 20 minutes

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • German Federal Ministry of Education and Research

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Johann Behrens, PhD · Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
55 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-02-29
Primary Completion
2010-01-31
Completion
2010-01-31

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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Diseases

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