Cross-trial about the effects of therapeutic touch/massage in nursing home patients with dementia
Recruiting
- Conditions
- dementiealzheimer disease.dementia
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON32434
- Lead Sponsor
- niversitair Medisch Centrum Sint Radboud
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 42
Inclusion Criteria
- Dementia (acoording to DSM-IV criteria)
- Agitation (according to the CMAI score above 44 points).
Exclusion Criteria
- No agitation
- Recent diseases (for example;urinary tract infections, pneumonia, etc).
- Recent changes in the medication (not longer than 7 days before starting with the trial).
- Terminal patients.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>? Cohen-Mansfield agitation questionnaire (CMAI)<br /><br>? neuropsychiatric questionnaire<br /><br>? nursing home version (NPI-NH) ? 4 measurings (NPI-NH and CMAI):<br /><br>Baseline at end first therapy (massage or friendly visit), after washout period<br /><br>= beginning second therapy and at the end of second therapy (friendly visit or<br /><br>massage).</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>There are not secundary parameters / outcoms of this study</p><br>