Effective Strategies for Dementia Care (WISDE)

Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cognitive Impairment; Dementia

Treatments: Behavioral: Unstructured verbal communication; Behavioral: structured reminiscence therapy; Behavioral: Snoezelen ©; Behavioral: 10-minutes activation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00653731

PfVMS-T6

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the interventions of Snoezelen, structured reminiscence therapy and 10-minutes activation are effective to reduce apathy in long term care residents with dementia.

Full description

Design:

Cluster-randomized controlled trial with 20 nursing homes in Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt (Germany).

Enrollment: 327 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 55+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Dementia
• Informed consent by legal guardian
• MMSE ≤ 24

Exclusion criteria

• Korsakoff's syndrome
• Age ≤ 55 years
• Cognitive impairment other cause than dementia

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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327 participants in 4 patient groups

Snoezelen ©

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Snoezelen ©

Reminiscence

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: structured reminiscence therapy

10 min activation

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: 10-minutes activation

Talk

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Unstructured verbal communication