sing a vignette method as an intervention to increase awareness in people with Alzheimer*s disease, vascular dementia or mixed dementia.

Completed

• Conditions: dementia; dementie; Alzheimer

• Registration Number: NL-OMON47880
• Lead Sponsor: entis (Groningen)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Last Update Posted: 28 February 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 20

Inclusion Criteria

- The subject has a caregiver who lives with him/her and who is willing to participate
- The subject has been diagnosed with Alzheimer*s disease, vascular dementia or with mixed dementia
- The subject scores a 1 (mild dementia) or 2 (moderate dementia) on the Clinical Dementia Rating Scale
- The subject is able to communicate in Dutch without a translator
- Healthcare professional estimates impaired awareness with a score of >1 on a Likert scale of 1-5.

Exclusion Criteria

- It is not possible to enter the study when the caregiver has cognitive disabilities or is too overburdened
- Subjects with psychiatric disorders will be excluded
- Subjects with a history of substance abuse, head trauma or brain illness other than dementia will be excluded

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>The primary endpoints are the differences between the pre- and<br /><br>post-intervention discrepancy score on three measures of awareness. </p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Secondary parameters are differences between baseline and endpoints measures of<br /><br>anxiety and depression, and the correlation between the severity of these<br /><br>(baseline) parameters and different domains of awareness. </p><br>