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Optimized pain management in dementia - OSD project - Dealing with challenging behaviors in the OSD project

Not Applicable
Conditions
F03
Unspecified dementia
Registration Number
DRKS00024000
Lead Sponsor
Zentrum für Altersmedizin Helios Klinikum Bonn Rhein/Sieg
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Complete
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
109
Inclusion Criteria

Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) = 24, at least a 4-day length of stay at one of the three intervention departments and showed signs of challenging behaviour (at least one of the 12 possible symptoms according to NPI-Q)

Exclusion Criteria

>24 MMSE (No cognitive impairment), lack of consent, lack of legal guardian in advanced dementia, thus no capacity to consent.

Study & Design

Study Type
interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Reduction of challenging behaviour, as measured by the Neuropsychiatric Inventory Questionnaire (NPI-Q), in the post-intervention group compared to the pre-intervention group within the observation period of 4 days.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
- Use of non-pharmacological treatments <br>- Consumption of analgesics, antipsychotics, sedatives and antidepressants <br>before and after the introduction of the STI.<br>
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