Effects of Manual Massage on Improving Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia and Sense of Burden Among Caregivers
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 入组人数
- 40
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- change agitation
研究概览
简要总结
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.
详细描述
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.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Health Services Research
- 盲法
- Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 65 Years 至 —（Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Over 65 years old, diagnosed with dementia, agitation or depression, irregular massage and exercise habits.
排除标准
- •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.
结局指标
主要结局
change agitation
时间窗: before , during and after 8-weeks massage training interventions
Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory (CMAI)
change depression
时间窗: before , during and after 8-weeks massage training interventions
Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia (CSDD)
change stress
时间窗: before , during and after 8-weeks massage training interventions
Perceived Stress Scale(PSS)
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
CY Song
Prof
National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences