iving well with dementia groups in primary care

Not Applicable

Completed

Conditions: Dementia (Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia and Lewy-body disease)
Nervous System Diseases
Dementia in Alzheimer disease, vascular dementia, Lewy body(ies)(dementia)(disease)

Registration Number: ISRCTN05413972

Lead Sponsor: Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust (UK)

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 16

Inclusion Criteria

The principal inclusion criteria are that participants:
1. Must have received a diagnosis of dementia within the previous 18 months. This diagnosis may be of
1.1. Probable Alzheimer?s disease according to the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke - Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association (NINCDS-ADRDA) criteria (McKhann et al. 1984)
1.2. Probable vascular dementia according to the NINDS-AIREN criteria (Roman et al. 1993)
1.3. Dementia with Lewy bodies according to the ?consensus guidelines for the clinical and pathologic diagnosis of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB)? (McKeith et al. 1996)
2. Participants should acknowledge, at least occasionally, that they have a memory problem
3. Be willing to attend a group program
4. Have adequate communication skills to enable group participation
5. Have a MMSE (Mini-Mental State Examination; Folstein, Folstein & McHugh, 1975) score of at least 18

Exclusion Criteria

Participants will be excluded from the study if:
1. They have a significant pre-morbid history of functional mental health problems (e.g., psychosis)
2. Received a diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia (Neary et al. 1988)
3. If participants have taken part in similar research or dementia group projects in the past

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Quality of life is measured using the Quality of Life in Alzheimer?s disease scale (QoL-AD) during the first and the final sessions.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The LIFT psychology service, like all Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) services, are required to administer the Minimum Data Set (MDS) for all therapy participants at the end of every session. This includes:<br>1. Demographic information (e.g., ethnicity, address, religion, economic status)<br>2. The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)<br>3. Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item (GAD-7) scale<br>4. Work and Social Adjustment Scale (WSAS)