Use of Telemedicine in Collaboration Between a Psychogeriatric Unit and Nursing Homes
- Conditions
- DementiaBehavioural Disorders
- Registration Number
- NCT01217268
- Lead Sponsor
- Sykehuset Innlandet HF
- Brief Summary
The investigators want to evaluate the use of video-conference in the collaboration between the investigators psychogeriatric department and nursing homes. The study aim is to give supervision on a regular basis to the caregivers on a special care unit for patients with dementia with behavioural disturbances during a period of half a year. The investigators want to investigate the impact on caregivers and patients by applying certain tests at baseline, during the intervention and half a year after the intervention.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- WITHDRAWN
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
- Being resident in a special care unit for persons with dementia
- Shorter stay than four weeks before inclusion
- terminally ill
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Neuropsychiatric inventory - nursing home version (NPI-NH) week 48 The investigators want to find out if a supervision of staff members over a six months time, using video-conference technic, contributes to improvement in patients' behaviour registered by NPI-NH
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Person-centered Care Assessment Tool (P-CAT) Person centered care assessment tool (P-CAT) week 48 Measures the effect of our intervention related to apply person centred dementia care
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Sykehuset Innlandet HF
🇳🇴Reinsvoll, Norway
Sykehuset Innlandet HF🇳🇴Reinsvoll, Norway