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Home-based Massage by Caregivers for Dementia

NCT05009147 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2022-04-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of manual massage on improving behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia and sense of burden among caregivers.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Home-based massage by caregivers for dementia

A total of 40 patients with dementia and their family caregivers will be included and randomly allocated to experiment (n=20) or control group (n=20). The experiment and control group will receive whole body manual massage and placebo intervention (30 minutes once per week for 8 continuous weeks), respectively.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Chen-Yi Song · National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-01-01
Primary Completion
2022-05-31
Completion
2022-05-31

Countries

  • Taiwan

Study Locations

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