Effectiveness of an Optimized Home Based Occupational Therapy for Patients With Dementia.

Technische Universität Dresden3 sites in 1 country160 target enrollmentAugust 2008

ConditionsDementia

Overview

Phase: Not Applicable
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Dementia
Sponsor: Technische Universität Dresden
Enrollment: 160
Locations: 3
Primary Endpoint: Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study/Activities of Daily Living
Status: Completed
Last Updated: 11 years ago

The purpose of this study is to determine if a home based occupational therapy is effective in the treatment of dementia.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

August 2008

End Date

January 2011

Last Updated

11 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Parallel

Sex

All

Sponsor

Responsible Party

Principal Investigator

Dr. Matthias Schützwohl

PD Dr.

Technische Universität Dresden

•Other dementia (p.e. frontotemporal dementia, dementia with Lewy Bodies, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, Parkinson's disease or atypical Parkinson's syndromes
•Dementia with relevant displaying behavioural problems (neuropsychiatric Inventory; NPI, Subscore ≥ 8)
•Depressive episodes (Geriatric Depression Scale, GDS (short version) ≥ 6)
•Mental disability
•Home Based Occupational Therapy for Dementia within the last 6 months
•Impairment of visual and/or acoustic cognition which does not allow Occupational Therapy
•Apoplexy with movement disorders which does not allow Occupational Therapy
•Severe physical/systemic illnesses (cardio-pulmonal, Hematological or metabolic) which do not allow participating
•Recent history of addictive disorder
•Intermittent intake of depressant medication, that likely causes an impairment of cognitive performance during the trial

Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study/Activities of Daily Living

Time Frame: 2 weeks, 3 and 6 months after invention or 9, 19 and 31 weeks after randomization (treatment-as-usual-group)

- for patients: cognitive performance, displaying behavioural problems, satisfaction with occupational therapy, costs of occupational therapy - for family care givers: burden, medical condition, life-satisfaction(2 weeks, 3 and 6 months after invention or 9, 19 and 31 weeks after randomization (treatment-as-usual-group))