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Sensory Support Care for Elderly Patients Suffering From Alzheimer'S-type Neurodegenerative Disease

NCT01819714 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 31

Last updated 2015-04-29

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The main objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of 3 months of "Snoezelen-type" multi-sensory care sessions on NeuroPsychiatric Inventory Questionnaire (NPI-Q) scores for patients with Alzheimer's-type neurodegenerative disease.

Conditions

  • Alzheimer Disease

Interventions

OTHER

Multi-sensory supportive care

The Serre-Cavalier center will implement Snoezelen-type multisensory care sessions for included patients; these care sessions correspond with the patients' daily hygiene/toilette care. The impact of this multisensory strategy will be evaluated using a before-after design.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jane Debuysschere, IDE · Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nîmes

  • Jean-Marie Cros, MD · Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nîmes

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-06-30
Primary Completion
2014-05-31
Completion
2015-02-28

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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