Effects of Tailored Activity Program (TAP) on Behavioral Psychological Symptoms and Social Interactions of Dementia Patients: A Randomized Trial
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Diseases of the nervous system
- Registration Number
- KCT0002776
- Lead Sponsor
- Konyang University
- Brief Summary
TAP reduced behavioral psychological symptoms, furthermore significantly affects the improvement on social interactions and quality of life of dementia patients and decrease in burden of caregivers.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Inclusion Criteria
The targets of this research were dementia patients who are 65 or older, use daycare and visiting care services of a public health center, live at home with a caregiver, and have CDR(Clinical Dementia Rating Scale) score of 0.5~2 and MMSE-K(Mini-Mental State Examination-Korean Version) score of 23 or less.
Exclusion Criteria
Those who can not perform basic activities of daily living and can not communicate.
Those who live by the entrance facilities.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional Study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Behavioral Psychological Symptoms
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Social Interactions