Global Positioning System for people with dementia: The Effect of Quality of Life of dementia caregivers and persons with dementia.;Quality of life of dementia caregivers and patiënts using GPSplus

Conditions: neurodegeneratieve aandoeningen (dementie).
Dementia
neurodegenerative disorders

Registration Number: NL-OMON46009

Lead Sponsor: Jeroen Bosch Ziekenhuis

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Pending

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 15

Inclusion Criteria

Patientgroup:
diagnosis established by medical specialist mild/moderate dementia, which independent etiologic form (CDR 1-2; MMSE 26-10).
* Age > 50 years.
* Accepts wearing a phone/GPS plus.
* a person around those primary informal care offers, at least 2 times a week for 3 hours in total.
* able to move themselves independently outdoors. ;Primary Caregivers group:
* Caregiver sees patient at least 2 times a week for 3 hours in total.
* primary caregiver of linked participating patient is able to retrieve patient or bring home or help to enable third party if necessary.

Exclusion Criteria

Exclusion criteria patients group:
* Diagnosis Parkinson's.
* Active anxiety or depressive disorder.
* Active Alcohol or substance abuse (current).
* Active mental illness/disorder.
* Not correctable serious vision problems or blindness.;Exclusion criteria related to the primary caregiver:
* Diagnosis Parkinson's.
* Active anxiety or depressive disorder.
* Active Alcohol or substance abuse (current).
* Active mental illness/disorder.
* Not correctable serious vision problems or blindness.
* Memory disorders from CDR 0.5.

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Quality of Live of the patient with dementia and their caregiver, measured by<br /><br>EUROHIS-QOL-8 (patient) en WHOQOL-Bref (caregiver)</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>* care tax of the caregiver (EDIZ)<br /><br>* decrease in possible behavioral problems of the patient (NPI-Q)<br /><br>* change in the outdoor go independently of the patient (journal registration)/<br /><br>* change in the degree of physical activity of the patient (subjective<br /><br>measurement)<br /><br>* user friendliness of the GPSplus equipment </p><br>