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Home Evaluation of Exit Barriers in Wandering

NCT00997425 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 19

Last updated 2014-11-21

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Summary

Main hypothesis. Floor and door visual exit barriers will decrease exit-seeking wandering (exit door approaches) proximal to exit doorways by persons with dementia who wander.

Conditions

  • Dementia, Alzheimer Type
  • Problem Behavior

Interventions

DEVICE

Door cover/Floor cover

Door cover - a neutral-colored canvas cloth covering the entire interior surface of the monitored door and attached to the door using a combination of Velcro and double-faced tape. Floor cover - a 4'X 4' black, rubberized mat with an overlay of very thin strips of 2" white duct tape placed at 2" intervals, nonskid and fastened securely to the floor immediately in front of the interior face of a main exit door.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Dorothy H Moore, PhD MA BSW · James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-10-31
Primary Completion
2010-10-31
Completion
2012-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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