Case conference for people with dementia and challenging behavior (FallDem)
- Conditions
- DementiaMental and Behavioural DisordersUnspecified dementia
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN20203855
- Lead Sponsor
- Stiftung Wohlfahrtspflege Nordrhein-Westfalen [Public Welfare Foundation North Rhine-Westphalia]
- Brief Summary
2014 protocol in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25118091 2014 protocol in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25496425 2019 results in: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0020748919302421 (added 02/10/2019) 2019 process evaluation in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30642387 (added 02/10/2019)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 413
The following inclusion criteria were set for institution and patient level of the trial.
Institution Level
1. At least two wards of one nursing home must take part in the study that provide together at least 30 residents with dementia
2. The care of the residents have to take place most of the day in their ward
Patient level
1. Informed consent
2. Diagnosis of dementia
3. Living not less than 14 days in the ward
According to the Federal Statistical Office we expect that most of the patients are > 65 years and around 70% of the patients in our study sample will be women and 30% men.
The following exclusion criteria were set for institution and patient level of the trial
Institution level
1. Nursing homes size < 30
2. Some kind of day care is integrated in the institution for people with dementia
3. Reconstruction work on the participated unit and participation in any other research project at the same time that bond personal resources
Patient level
1. Schizophrenia or any other kind of psychiatric diseases (found in the medical documentation)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method