Cognitive stimulation as an intervention to strengthen cognition and quality of life as well as to prevent a delirium in inpatients with mild cognitive impairment and dementia: a pilot study to examine the feasibility of the intervention and of the study design for preparing a randomized controlled trial

Not Applicable

• Conditions: F00-F09; Organic, including symptomatic, mental disorders

• Registration Number: DRKS00016639
• Lead Sponsor: niklinik Köln, Medizinische Psychologie | Neuropsychologie und Gender Studies

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-04-08
• Study Completion: 2019-07-11
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 15

Inclusion Criteria

Inpatient stay in the geriatric clinic of the Johanniter Hospital Bonn; mild cognitive impairment or mild to moderate dementia (operationalized by a total MMST score between 10 and 25 points and a total DemTec score of = 12 points; age: = 60 years; the participant is able to sit at the table to take part in the neuropsychological and clinical tests and in the cognitive stimulation program; mother tongue German or very good knowledge of German; good or sufficiently corrected visual and auditory ability

Exclusion Criteria

Acute suicidal tendencies; serious neurological and/or psychiatric disorders with cognitive symptoms (persistent or past; psychoses, epilepsy, stroke, traumatic brain injury, brain tumours); other serious or life-threatening comorbidities that are an obstacle to participate in the study; bedridden patients

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Satisfaction of participants, operationalised via a questionnaire for measuring patient satisfaction (ZUF-8; self assessment; measurement takes place post-intervention)