Activity Scheduling for Older Adults With Dementia

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Older Adults With Mild to Moderate Level of Dementia
• Interventions: Behavioral: Activity Scheduling; Behavioral: Educational

• Registration Number: NCT03890796
• Lead Sponsor: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Brief Summary

This study is to evaluate the results from an intervention designed to encourage older adults with dementia for their engagement in activities through their active participation of activity scheduling (AS).

Detailed Description

The study compares two interventions by using a 12-week longitudinal randomized controlled trial. For the first 2 weeks, all participants receive the same health care education program. Then for the following 10 weeks, participants will be randomized to either one of the two following groups with different conditions. For the control group, participants receive ten session of dementia care education. For the experimental activity scheduling group, participants receive ten session of dementia care education, plus weekly activity scheduling (AS) practice that focus on pleasant event scheduling and improving communication.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-01-21
• Study First Submitted: 2019-03-22
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-03-23
• Study First Posted: 2019-03-26
• Status Verified: 2020-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-10-20
• Last Update Posted: 2020-10-22
• Primary Completion: 2020-11-01
• Study Completion: 2020-11-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

• patients had to have an age of at least 65 years,
• a diagnosis for dementia in medical history and had to meet international classification of disease-10 criteria for dementia,
• diagnosed by a psychiatrist.
• patients had to have cognitive impairment, as determined by the Montreal Cognitive Assessment

Exclusion Criteria

• any major neurological illness other than AD,
• any psychiatric disorder or a known history of substance abuse.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Dementia Care Education and Activity Scheduling Group (DE&AS)	Activity Scheduling	Will received both dementia care education and activity scheduling
Dementia Care Education Group (DE)	Educational	Will received dementia care education
Dementia Care Education and Activity Scheduling Group (DE&AS)	Educational	Will received both dementia care education and activity scheduling

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Chinese version of the Caregiver Burden Interview Scale (Chinese ZBIS)	12 months	This is a 22-item instrument measures caregiver stress. Areas assessed include the perceived health and psychological well-being of the caregiver, financial impact, social life, and the relationship between the caregiver and the care recipient. The Chinese version has been tested with family caregivers of community-dwelling persons with dementia. Its correlation with the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) was 0.59 (p\<0.001). The intraclass correlation coefficient was 0.99. The split-half correlation coefficient was 0.81 (Chan, 2005). higher values represent higher stress level of caregivers

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Chinese Caregiver Activity Survey (Chinese CAS)	12 months	The 6-item CAS to assess the amount of time that caregivers spend taking care of people with dementia during the 24 hours before the investigation. It covers six areas of daily living: communication, using transportation, dressing, eating, looking after the appearance of people with dementia, and supervising them. The total score the Chinese CAS is calculated by summing the total time that caregivers spend on assistance with these areas of daily living (Prince, 2004).
Revised Memory and Behavior Problem Checklist (RMBPT)	12 months	24-item questionnaire to assess three domains of problematic behaviors in older adults

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Women's Welfare Club Western District; 🇭🇰 Hong Kong, Hong Kong