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Hydration Care in Dementia Care Homes

NCT04281550 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 87

Last updated 2020-03-04

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Summary

The study aimed to provide evidence of the feasibility of implementing a multi-component intervention for optimising hydration in people with dementia living in care homes.

To undertake a multi method feasibility study to investigate the suitability of methods and outcome measures for future research.

Objectives:

1. Explore personal barriers experienced by people with dementia regarding drinking in care home contexts
2. Explore professional and organisational perspectives of approaches to optimal hydration of residents with dementia and the barriers in everyday practice
3. Develop a multi-component intervention to enhance hydration for residents in collaboration with care home staff, mental health and geriatric specialists, and residents' family
4. Assess the feasibility of implementing the intervention in care homes, and impact on recommended daily intake of fluids
5. Explore the impact of the intervention on daily fluid intake, and designing suitable secondary outcome measures - admission to hospital due to dehydration, falls, laxative use, urinary tract infection, upper respiratory tract infection and skin breakdown.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Think Drink

The Think Drink Guide that had three interacting components. The 'policy' component was directed at the governance of the care home, whereas 'practice' components were directed at hydration procedures and processes, and 'educational' components that provided learning resources for care home staff to develop knowledge and understanding of hydration care. Think Drink was implemented through a short awareness-raising educational programme and accompanying information booklet detailing a range of practices (including organisational, system and individual practice) designed to encourage hydration.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Northumbria University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Glenda Cook, PhD · Northumbria University

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-09-01
Primary Completion
2019-03-31
Completion
2019-03-31

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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Diseases

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