Online Life Story Book: A study on its effect for people with early dementia and their caregivers
Completed
- Conditions
- neuropsychiatrische symptomenneuropsychiatric symptoms in early dementia
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON43313
- Lead Sponsor
- niversiteit Twente
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 106
Inclusion Criteria
1.Mild Cognitive Impairment or early dementia (Clinical Dementia Rating 0.5 or 1; Morris, 1993);
2.Living at home and receiving informal care;
3.Being mentally competent to provide informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
Exclusion criterion is past psychotrauma (module posttraumatic stress disorder assessed with the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>The main study parameters are Neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) at follow-up<br /><br>(i.e., six months after the first measurement). NPS are measured with the<br /><br>NeuroPsychiatric Inventory (NPI).</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>1) The burden and quality of life of the informal caregiver are assessed with<br /><br>the EDIZ, the emotional burden scale of the NPI, and the CarerQol.<br /><br>2) The health economic evaluation will be carried out based on the reported<br /><br>care consumption and quality of life (EQ5D) of the person with dementia.<br /><br>3) The longer term effect on (time to) nursing home admittance will be carried<br /><br>out in month 18 together with the general practitioner).<br /><br>4) The experiences with the intervention will be assessed with interviews with<br /><br>28 stakeholders (persons with dementia, informal caregivers, volunteers, and<br /><br>professionals) and the use and complexity of the life story book will be<br /><br>assessed through a content analysis of 20 life story books. </p><br>