Introduction of reference care for people with dementia

Not Applicable

• Conditions: F03; F01.1; F01.8; F05.0; F05.1; F05.8; Unspecified dementia; Multi-infarct dementia; Other vascular dementia; Delirium not superimposed on dementia, so described

• Registration Number: DRKS00020831
• Lead Sponsor: Klinikum Oldenburg, Universitätsklinik für Geriatrie

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-03-27
• Study Completion: 2021-01-14
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 109

Inclusion Criteria

Patients of the University Hospital of Geriatrics and the Centre for Geriatric Traumatology,
Cognitive impairment (dementia and/or delirium)

Exclusion Criteria

Patients of other units, who are treated on other wards;
patients <65 years of age;
patients without cognitive impairment;
Patients with cognitive impairments who refuse to participate in the study after having been asked twice;
Patients with cognitive disabilities whose legal guardian or health care proxy refuses to participate in the study

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The primary endpoint of the study is the result of the Neuropsychiatric Inventar (NPI).<br>At the beginning of the reference care and shortly before the patient is discharged.