An intervention to maintain independence in people living with dementia, living in their own homes, who have already fallen: a multi-centre, two-arm pilot cluster randomized controlled trial

Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust0 个研究点目标入组 90 人开始时间: 2023年6月6日最近更新: 2024年2月19日

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2024 Protocol article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38307534/ (added 09/02/2024)

•1. A diagnosis of dementia made prior to entry into the study. PWD must be on the Primary Care Quality Outcomes Framework (QOF) Dementia register.
•2. Must have sustained at least one fall within 6 months prior to identification as a potential study participant. A fall is defined as an event whereby a person comes to lie on the ground or another lower level with or without loss of consciousness.
•3. Must be dwelling in their own home at the time of the index fall and returning to their own home at the time of the intervention
•4. Must have an unpaid carer available to assist with the completion of the diaries
•5. Either has the capacity to consent to participation, or a personal or nominated consultee who is able to give an opinion on the participation of the PWD
•6. Able to communicate in English
•7. Aged over 50 years
•1. Family member or friend of the PWD patient participant
•2. In contact with patient participant for at least 1 hour per week
•3. Able to communicate in English sufficiently well to complete the proxy outcome measures
•4. Has the capacity to provide informed consent

•1. Diagnosis of dementia cannot be confirmed by the primary care team within 4 weeks of their being identified
•2. PWD found to be dwelling in a care home or to have been a hospital inpatient at the time of the index fall
•3. PWD refuses consent or lacks capacity and does not have a personal or nominated consultee, or their personal or nominated consultee declines participation
•4. Unpaid carer declines participation in the study
•There are no exclusion criteria for carer participants

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