Activity Scheduling for Older Adults With Dementia (AS)

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Older Adults With Mild to Moderate Level of Dementia

Treatments: Behavioral: Educational; Behavioral: Activity Scheduling

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03890796

HSEARS20190322004

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is to evaluate the results from an intervention designed to encourage older adults with dementia for their engagement in activities through their active participation of activity scheduling (AS).

Full description

The study compares two interventions by using a 12-week longitudinal randomized controlled trial. For the first 2 weeks, all participants receive the same health care education program. Then for the following 10 weeks, participants will be randomized to either one of the two following groups with different conditions. For the control group, participants receive ten session of dementia care education. For the experimental activity scheduling group, participants receive ten session of dementia care education, plus weekly activity scheduling (AS) practice that focus on pleasant event scheduling and improving communication.

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65 months to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients had to have an age of at least 65 years,
• a diagnosis for dementia in medical history and had to meet international classification of disease-10 criteria for dementia,
• diagnosed by a psychiatrist.
• patients had to have cognitive impairment, as determined by the Montreal Cognitive Assessment

Exclusion criteria

• any major neurological illness other than AD,
• any psychiatric disorder or a known history of substance abuse.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

Dementia Care Education and Activity Scheduling Group (DE&AS)

Experimental group

Description:

Will received both dementia care education and activity scheduling

Treatment:

Behavioral: Activity Scheduling

Behavioral: Educational

Dementia Care Education Group (DE)

Sham Comparator group

Description:

Will received dementia care education

Treatment:

Behavioral: Educational