Evaluation of emotion-oriented care versus usual care for elderly persons with dementia in the nursing home

Completed

• Conditions: Dementia, psychogeriatrics; Mental and Behavioural Disorders; Unspecified dementia

• Registration Number: ISRCTN15609358
• Lead Sponsor: The Dutch Health Care Insurance Board (CVZ) (Netherlands)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2009-08-27
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 271

Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients:
1.1. Persons older than 65 years of age, either sex
1.2. Probable diagnosis of dementia of the alzheimer-type (DAT), mixed diagnosis of DAT and vascular dementia, amnestic syndrome and dementia syndrome not otherwise specified
1.3. In need of assistance or care
1.4. Living in nursing homes for at least one month before the start of the baseline measurement
2. Professional caregivers in the experimental group:
2.1. Certified nursing assistants that followed the course Validation-worker
2.2. First responsible nurse assistants
3. Professional caregivers in the control group:
3.1. Nurse assistants that were matched with the experimental group on education, age and work experience
3.2. Did not participate in any course of Validation-worker
4. Relatives: frequence of visiting the resident with dementia at least ones a month

Exclusion Criteria

1. Patients: refusal to participate in the study
2. People who did not fullfil the inclusion criteria
3. People with severe physical disabilities (such as total blindness or muteness), that made adequate data collection for the effect study impossible
4. Professional caregivers:
4.1. Did not fulfil the inclusion criteria
4.2. Were not prepared to participate in the study

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified