Pilot Study on the Effects of Participating in a Dementia-friendly Golf Programme on People With Dementia and Their Informal Caregivers
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 入组人数
- 24
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Quality of life
研究概览
简要总结
The research question for this study is whether golf is a suitable physical activity for people with dementia (PWD). It follows a qualitative pilot study in Lincoln where PWD enjoyed the activity and caregivers appreciated the service. Golf combines many desirable elements in a physical activity programme that include being outdoors, social, cognitively challenging, no reaction-time component, and being a typical everyday activity. The length of time that golf sessions last could also offer a potential respite from care for caregivers.
Participants will be people with dementia and their caregivers. Eligibility criteria will include having been clinically diagnosed with dementia, being able to stand on one leg for at least six seconds to ensure participants are able to balance sufficiently well to be able to play golf. The study will be undertaken at The London Shire Golf Club, with the golf training provided by the Golf Trust, which is a charitable foundation experienced in providing golf training to people with a range of different disabilities.
The randomised controlled trial study will last 16 weeks, with a partial crossover design. The experimental group with have two eight-week periods of golf while the control group will have eight weeks without golf, then the golf intervention. There will be two 150-min sessions each week, starting with 30 minutes socialising, then 90 minutes playing golf, then 30 minutes socialising. The golf sessions will progress from putting, to chipping, and then a full swing, with sessions taking place on a nine-hole golf course. Participants will be evaluated before and after each eight-week period for physical function, physical activity level, cognitive function, and quality of life. Their caregivers will also provide information related to the PWD in terms of quality of life and psychopathology in dementia, as well as their own quality of life.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Crossover
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 40 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Clinically diagnosed with dementia (any dementia)
- •Receiving post-diagnostic support
- •The capacity to give informed consent
- •The physical capacity to play golf as determined by a single-leg stance test of balance
排除标准
- •Unable to give informed consent
- •Without the physical capacity to play golf, as determined by a single-leg stance test of balance
研究组 & 干预措施
Golf intervention
The golf intervention will be an eight-week golf programme in which participants will be taught to play golf in two 150-min sessions each week. Each session will begin with 30 minutes of socialising, then 90 minutes playing golf, followed by another 30 minutes socialising. The golf sessions will progress from putting, to chipping, and then a full swing, with sessions taking place on a nine-hole golf course.
干预措施: Golf (Other)
Control
Control participants will continue their normal activities.
结局指标
主要结局
Quality of life
时间窗: 5 minutes
Quality of life will be assessed using the DEMQOL, which is a 28-item scale that was designed for use with all stages of dementia, and is filled in by the interviewer along with with the participant.
次要结局
- The C-DEMQOL will be used to assess the quality of life of caregivers of PWD. Quality of life of caregivers (C-DEMQOL)(5 minutes)
- Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB)(10 minutes)
- Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA)(10 minutes)
- Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI-Q)(5 minutes)
- Assessment of Physical Activity in Frail Older People (APAFOP)(5 minutes)
- Caregiver assessment of quality of life (DEMQOL-Proxy)(5 minutes)
研究者
Prof David Hewson
Professor of Health and Ageing
University of Bedfordshire