BrainLive Connect: Non-professional Delivered CST for People Living With Dementia

Summary

The goal of this mixed method study is to evaluate whether the volunteer-led Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) under the BrainLive Connect programme is effective for improving cognitive function and quality of life of people living with dementia (PLwD).

The main question it aims to answer are:

• Do PLwD receiving the BrainLive Connect service show better cognitive function and quality of life than those receiving usual care?

Researchers will compare BrainLive Connect service to usual care to see whether the intervention leads to better outcomes.

Participants will:

* Receive either 7 weeks of BrainLive Connect sessions delivered by trained volunteers or continue receiving usual care.
* Be assessed at baseline (T0), post-intervention (7 weeks; T1), and 1 month follow up (11 weeks; T2).
* Take part in semi-strucutred interviews post-intervention to provide feedback on implementation and areas for improvement.

Conditions

• Dementia

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST)

CST has been recognized as an effective and cost-effective intervention for individuals with mild to moderate dementia, leading to improvements in cognition and quality of life. CST is one of the few non-pharmacological interventions recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in their clinical guideline on dementia, as it has comparable efficacy to anti-dementia drugs. Exercise-enhanced CST is characterised by adding physical exercise into the original group CST protocol. Home2Community CST is characterized by a gradual shift of its intervention site from the participant's home to public space in their neighbourhood and then further to centre-based settings. Living CST is characterised by transferring CST into real life settings to maximise its benefits in daily functioning for independent living.

OTHER

Usual Care

Usual care and support service for people living with dementia in community, including but not limited to, care service, psychosocial intervention (but not CST), and social activities.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Simon K.Y.Lee Foundation

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Yang Memorial Methodist Social Service

  collaborator OTHER

• Christian Family Service Centre

  collaborator OTHER

• Hong Kong Young Women's Christian Association

  collaborator OTHER

• The University of Hong Kong

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Shiyu LU · The University of Hong Kong

Study Design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2026-03-31

Primary Completion

2027-11-10

Completion

2027-11-10

Countries

• Hong Kong

Study Locations