Effects of Enriched Gardens in Nursing Home Residents With Dementia

RIVAGES

Status: Completed

Conditions: Alzheimer Disease

Treatments: Other: INCENTIVE VISITING A GARDEN : ENRICHED OR CONVENTIONAL SENSORY GARDEN

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04903171

RIVAGES

Details and patient eligibility

About

Comparing the effect of the frequentation of an enriched garden vs sensory conventional garden by nursing home residents with Alzheimer disease. The effects will be evaluated as regards to cognitive impairment (MMSE), autonomy (ADL) and prevention of falls (Unipodal stance and UpandGo Test)

Full description

The cluster controlled trial is conducted over a six months period after recruitment of residents from 4 different nursing homes in France. The participants are distributed into 3 groups. One group does not receive incentive from carers to visit any garden, the second group receives incentives to visit regularly a conventional sensory garden and the third group receive incentives from carers to visit regularly an enriched garden. The study is conducted over a period of 6 months. All participants are giving consent to the study. They will be evaluated before and after over 4 different tests. MMSE (Mini Mental Status Examination) for cognitive impairment, ADL (Activity for day Living) for functional autonomy, TUG (Test up and Go) and Unipodal Stance for prevention of falls.

Enrollment: 130 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 75 to 95 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Give consent
• Ability walking alone
• Alzheimer's disease

Exclusion criteria

• No dementia
• Severe dementia
• Severe behavioural disorder
• Inability to walk alone

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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130 participants in 3 patient groups, including a placebo group

GROUP ONE

No Intervention group

Description:

The participants do not receive incentive to visit any gardens

GROUP TWO

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

The participants receive incentives by carers to visit regularly a conventional sensory garden

Treatment:

Other: INCENTIVE VISITING A GARDEN : ENRICHED OR CONVENTIONAL SENSORY GARDEN

GROUP THREE

Experimental group

Description:

The participants receive incentives by carers to visit regularly an enriched garden

Treatment:

Other: INCENTIVE VISITING A GARDEN : ENRICHED OR CONVENTIONAL SENSORY GARDEN