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Effectiveness of Home-based Aromatherapy for BPSD

NCT05032664 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 176

Last updated 2023-02-08

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Summary

Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) is the most prominent and distressing manifestation for older persons with dementia (PWD) and caregivers. Aromatherapy was a potentially safe and effective non-pharmacological strategy in BPSD management and could provide benefits to PWD and caregivers. In Hong Kong, some Residential Care Homes for the Elderly and day care centres have provided aromatherapy service to the PWD receiving service from them. However, no such service was provided to the community-dwelling PWD living at home, which constitute a larger proportion of dementia population in HK. In addition, there is no clear implementation protocol, or formal training to the family caregivers to deliver aromatherapy to PWD in home-based setting. Therefore, this study aims to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of a home-based family caregiver-delivered aromatherapy programme for the management of BPSD.

PWD ≥ 60-year-old, with BPSD symptoms, and living at home, as well as their family caregivers will be recruited. Participants who pass the screening are randomly allocated to intervention or control group. Those in the intervention group receive home-based aromatherapy programme. Those in the control group receive no intervention for 3-week control period, and then receive home-based aromatherapy programme.

The outcome measures will be conducted at baseline and after the 3-week intervention/control period by using Chinese versions of Neuropsychiatric Inventory (CNPI), Chinese version of Dementia QoL Measure-Proxy (C-DEMQoL-Proxy), and Chinese version of Zarit Burden Interview (CZBI).

Conditions

  • Behavioural and Psychiatric Symptoms of Dementia

Interventions

OTHER

Home-based aromatherapy programme

1 hour individualised face-to-face training to family caregivers, and 3 weeks aromatherapy intervention delivered by family caregivers (aromatherapy inhalation 2 times per day, each for 1 hour, using 2 drops of Lavandula angustifolia essential oil.

OTHER

Control Group

Wait-list control, no intervention for 3 weeks, then provide home-based aromatherapy

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Chinese University of Hong Kong

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Siu Yin Li · Chinese University of Hong Kong

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-08-18
Primary Completion
2022-11-30
Completion
2022-11-30

Countries

  • Hong Kong

Study Locations

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