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Effects of Involvement in a Group-based Creative Expression Program on Psychotropic Drug Use in Persons With Dementia

NCT01382693 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2012-07-04

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This project, a small-scale pilot study, will attempt to determine if involvement in a group-based creative expression program may correlate with a reduction in use of psychotropic drugs for persons with dementia.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

TimeSlips

TimeSlips is a group-based creative storytelling program for people with dementia. The intervention will be held twice a week for six weeks, in hour-long sessions.

BEHAVIORAL

Standard care activity program

Standard-of-care activities for the study site's skilled-nursing dementia Special Care Units.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Winona S Houser, BA · Penn State College of Medicine, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

  • Daniel R George, PhD · Penn State College of Medicine, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-06-30
Primary Completion
2011-07-31
Completion
2011-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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