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Clinical Trials/ACTRN12609000569202
ACTRN12609000569202Completed未知

A controlled trial of topically administered Lavender essential oil as a treatment of behavioural symptoms in dementia.

Monash University0 sites80 target enrollmentStarted: July 13, 2009Last updated:
Conditions

Trial Snapshot

Phase
未知
Status
Completed
Enrollment
80

Study Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Primary Purpose
Treatment
Masking
Blinded (masking used)

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
o limit to o limit (—)
Sex
All

Inclusion Criteria

  • A participant needs to be in the aged care facility for at least 3 months, have a history of dementia, and be stable re: medical, psychologicial and medication regime. Also agitated (physical behaviours) should occur several times an hour on a daily basis and are not associated with nursing activities ie Activities of Daily Living (ADLs). The behaviours are also not due to pain, physical illness, depression or psychosis.

Exclusion Criteria

  • The presence of acutely life threatening illness. The agitated behaviours are dangerous to researchers.

Investigators

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