Complementary Interventions on Patients With Dementia: Comparative and Longitudinal Research

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Completed

• Conditions: Dementia
• Interventions: Behavioral: Aroma-massage; Behavioral: Reminiscence; Behavioral: Cognitive stimulation

• Registration Number: NCT02126059
• Lead Sponsor: National Cheng-Kung University Hospital

Brief Summary

Cognitive function, behavioral and psychological symptoms, and quality of life will improve after administration of cognitive stimulation therapy, reminiscence therapy, and aroma-massage therapy in patients with dementia.

Detailed Description

This study will base on the pattern of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia, to verify and compare the effectiveness of the three non-pharmacological complementary interventions, cognitive stimulation therapy, reminiscence therapy, and aroma-massage therapy on patients' cognitive function, behavior and psychological symptoms, and quality of life.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2014-01
• Study First Submitted: 2014-04-21
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-04-27
• Study First Posted: 2014-04-29
• Primary Completion: 2015-07
• Study Completion: 2015-07
• Status Verified: 2016-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-02-14
• Last Update Posted: 2016-02-17

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 120

Inclusion Criteria

• been diagnosed with dementia (all stages) or MMSE below 23 for high school educated and 17 for less than high school education
• able to communicate verbally or nonverbally
• able to understand short sentences
• can sit for at least 50 mins.

Exclusion Criteria

• no hospitalization within the past two weeks
• not under severe acute illness
• no psychiatric disorders.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: FACTORIAL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
reminiscence	Aroma-massage	One reminiscence session per week for a continuous 10 weeks, each session contains 50 minutes, totally 10 session topics related to reminiscence.
Cognitive stimulation	Reminiscence	One cognitive stimulation session per week for a continuous 10 weeks, each session contains 50 minutes, totally 10 session topics related to cognitive stimulation.
Aroma-massage	Cognitive stimulation	One hand and shoulder massage session per week for a continuous 10 weeks, each session contains 30 minutes, totally 10 session massage.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia	2 years	To examine if patients' behavioral and psychological symptoms decrease after the intervention.; Chinese version of Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory (CMAI) will be used to measure this outcome.; Data will be analyzed through GLM repeated measure-GEE.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
quality of life	2 years	To examine if patients' quality of life improve after the intervention. WHO Quality of Life-brief Taiwanese version (WHOQOL-BREF) will be used to measure this outcome.; Data will be analyzed through GLM-repeated measure-GEE.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

National Cheng Kung University Dementia center; 🇨🇳 Tainan, Taiwan