Complementary Interventions on Patients With Dementia: Comparative and Longitudinal Research

National Cheng-Kung University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Dementia

Treatments

Behavioral: Aroma-massage

Behavioral: Cognitive stimulation

Behavioral: Reminiscence

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02126059

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Details and patient eligibility

About

Cognitive function, behavioral and psychological symptoms, and quality of life will improve after administration of cognitive stimulation therapy, reminiscence therapy, and aroma-massage therapy in patients with dementia.

Full description

This study will base on the pattern of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia, to verify and compare the effectiveness of the three non-pharmacological complementary interventions, cognitive stimulation therapy, reminiscence therapy, and aroma-massage therapy on patients' cognitive function, behavior and psychological symptoms, and quality of life.

Enrollment

120 patients

Sex

All

Ages

65+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

been diagnosed with dementia (all stages) or MMSE below 23 for high school educated and 17 for less than high school education
able to communicate verbally or nonverbally
able to understand short sentences
can sit for at least 50 mins.

Exclusion criteria

no hospitalization within the past two weeks
not under severe acute illness
no psychiatric disorders.

Trial design

Primary purpose

Supportive Care

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Factorial Assignment

Masking

Single Blind

120 participants in 4 patient groups

Cognitive stimulation

Experimental group

Description:

One cognitive stimulation session per week for a continuous 10 weeks, each session contains 50 minutes, totally 10 session topics related to cognitive stimulation.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Reminiscence

Aroma-massage

Experimental group

Description:

One hand and shoulder massage session per week for a continuous 10 weeks, each session contains 30 minutes, totally 10 session massage.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Cognitive stimulation

reminiscence

Experimental group

Description:

One reminiscence session per week for a continuous 10 weeks, each session contains 50 minutes, totally 10 session topics related to reminiscence.