Individual Cognitive Stimulation Therapy for dementia

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Mental and Behavioural Disorders; Dementia; Unspecified dementia

• Registration Number: ISRCTN65945963
• Lead Sponsor: niversity College London (UCL) (UK)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-05-05
• Last Update Posted: 24 April 2017

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 306

Inclusion Criteria

1. Meet Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 4th edition (DSM IV) criteria for dementia
2. Score 10 or above on the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE)
3. Some ability to communicate and understand
4. See/hear well enough to participate
5. No major physical illness or disability affecting their participation
6. Male or female, no age restrictions

Additional criteria will include living in the community and regular availability of a carer (or friend or befriender) to participate in the sessions.

Exclusion Criteria

People with dementia not meeting the criteria for individual work (living in a care home, no available family carer) but who are eligible for group CST will be linked up with the trial of maintenance group CST (NIHR programme).

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale - Cognitive subscale (ADAS-Cog) (Rosen et al., 1984)<br>2. Quality of Life-Alzheimer's disease Scale (QoL-AD) (Logsdon et al., 1999)<br>3. Short Form-12 (SF-12) (Ware, Kosinski, and Keller, 1996)<br>Assessments will take place at baseline (pre iCST), 13 weeks (to safeguard loss to follow-up) and 26 weeks.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Client Service Receipt Inventory (Beecham & Knapp, 1992)<br>2. Dementia-related Quality of Life (DEMQOL) (Smith et al., 2005)<br>3. Behaviour<br>4. Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) (Cummings et al. 1994)<br>5. Bristol Activities of Daily Living Scale (BADLS) (Bucks et al, 1996)<br>6. Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) (Zigmond and Snaith, 1983)<br>7. EQ-5D (EuroQol group, 1990)<br>Assessments will take place at baseline, 13 and 26 weeks.