Challenge FamCare: Behaviours that challenge in dementia care

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Dementia with behaviours that challenge; Mental and Behavioural Disorders; Unspecified dementia

• Registration Number: ISRCTN58876649
• Lead Sponsor: Humber NHS Foundation Trust (UK)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-04-06
• Last Update Posted: 20 November 2017

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 180

Inclusion Criteria

1. People fulfilling the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for dementia that have a positive score of 5 or more on the Revised Memory and Behaviour Problem Checklist (RMPBC)
2. Community dwelling with a family or unpaid carer with whom they have regular contact who is a willing participant and informant
3. There are no age limits for participants

Exclusion Criteria

1. Participants with dementia residing in a care home or in receipt of in-patient respite care at the time of recruitment
2. In receipt of palliative or end of life care
3. Non-English speaking

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Primary outcome measure as of 24/02/2016:<br>Revised Memory and Behaviour Problem Checklist (RMBPC) frequency and RMBPC reaction.<br><br>Original primary outcome measures:<br>Incidence of behaviours that challenge, quality of life and stress and burden measured by:<br>1. Revised Memory and Behaviour Problem Checklist (RMBPC)<br>2. Euroqol-5D (EQ-5D)<br>3. Quality Of Life in Alzheimer?s Disease (QOL-AD)<br>4. Short Form-12 (SF-12,) <br>5. Quality of Relationships (QoR) Scale<br>6. Neuropsychiatric Inventory including Caregiver Distress Scale (NPI-D)<br>7. Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR)<br>8. (Adapted) General Health Questionnaire - 12<br>9. Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale (HADS)<br>10. The Short Sense of Competence Questionnaire (SSCQ)<br>11. Guilt Scale Relatives Stress Scale (RSS)