Efficacy of Doll Therapy in the Dementia in Acute Geriatric Inpatients
- Conditions
- Dementia
- Registration Number
- NCT05691569
- Lead Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 92
Inclusion Criteria:<br><br> - age =65 years<br><br> - diagnosis of dementia moderate to severe Clinical Dementia Rating scale (CDR) =2<br><br> - presence of agitation and/or aggressiveness<br><br> - manual and visual abilities sufficient in order to interact with the doll.<br><br>Exclusion Criteria:<br><br> - age <65 years;<br><br> - refuse to participate;<br><br> - mild forms of dementia (CDR<2);<br><br> - contraindication for DT as experience of mournful or traumatic events related to<br> parental experience;<br><br> - life expectancy lower than 3 months;<br><br> - infectious diseases requiring isolation;<br><br> - negative interaction with the doll,<br><br> - presence of delirium.
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method agitation and aggressiveness within hospital;behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia;agitation and aggressiveness outside hospital
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method incidence of delirium;patients' quality of life;family caregivers' quality of life;professional caregiver burden;family caregiver burden