Cognitive training on people with dementia in day care compared with normal day care on participants' cognition, health-related quality of life, physical functioning and use of health and social services

Kaisu Pitkala0 sites160 target enrollmentSeptember 11, 2014

Overview

No summary available.

Registry

who.int

Start Date

September 11, 2014

End Date

TBD

Last Updated

6 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Sex

All

Sponsor

Kaisu Pitkala

•Dementia accoding to Clinical dementia rating (mild to moderate: 0\.5 to 3\).
•Participating day center activities 2x /wk in Helsinki day care center.
•Volunteer. Finnish speaking, not at terminal stage, ability to see, hear, read and write, and living at home. If at moderate or severe stage, caregiver's consent is required.
•In substudy to fMRI: Alzheimer diagnosis (undergone detailed diagnostics for AD), mild to moderate dementia (CDR 0\.5 to 2\);

•No dementia, not participating in day center twice/wk; other native language but Finnish, not able to see or hear, read or write sufficiently to participate cognitive training.
•Exclusion criteria for fMRI substudy: Key exclusion criteria in fMRI:
•Subjects with any kind of metal fragments in the body should not have an MR scan without further safety controls. This includes e.g. any electronic, magnetic or mechanical implants (such as a cardiac pacemaker, infusion pumps or cochlear implants), aneurysm clips in the brain or other surgical clips, or prostheses (such as artificial heart valves or dentures).