Home-based Massage by Caregivers for Dementia
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- DementiaMassageBurden
- Interventions
- Other: Home-based massage by caregivers for dementia
- Registration Number
- NCT05009147
- Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of manual massage on improving behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia and sense of burden among caregivers.
- Detailed Description
A total of 40 patients with dementia and their family caregivers will be included and randomly allocated to experiment (n=20) or control group (n=20). The experiment and control group will receive whole body manual massage and placebo intervention (30 minutes once per week for 8 continuous weeks), respectively.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- UNKNOWN
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Inclusion Criteria
- Over 65 years old, diagnosed with dementia, agitation or depression, irregular massage and exercise habits.
Exclusion Criteria
- Those who have open wounds, inflammation, infection, burns and scalds, artificial blood vessels in the hands, or diagnosed as inappropriate for massage in the near future, the severity of symptoms affects the study participants.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description experimental group Home-based massage by caregivers for dementia receive whole body manual massage
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method change agitation before , during and after 8-weeks massage training interventions Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory (CMAI)
change depression before , during and after 8-weeks massage training interventions Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia (CSDD)
change stress before , during and after 8-weeks massage training interventions Perceived Stress Scale(PSS)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences
🇨🇳Taipei, Taiwan