Wearables and challenging behaviour in geriatric psychiatry

Completed

Conditions: neuropsychiatrische symptomen
challenging behaviour
dementia
stress
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Registration Number: NL-OMON48071

Lead Sponsor: Fontys Hogescholen

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 10

Inclusion Criteria

- diagnosed with dementia (NCS)
- living in a nursing home
- show challenging behaviour (as indicated by medical staff): delusions, hallucinations, agitation/aggession, depression/dysophoria, apathy, disinhibition, irritable/lability, aberrant motor behavior and/or appetite and eating abnormalities

Exclusion Criteria

- Circumstances which cause an unrepresentative situation (e.g. in case of an infection)
- known allergies to any of the materials used in the medical device, which may come in contact with the skin while wearing.

Study & Design

Study Type: Observational non invasive

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Relationship between challenging behaviour (frequency, type, duration,<br /><br>intensity) and biomedical parameters as measured by the wearable (temperature,<br /><br>movement, heart rate variability, blood volume pulse and skin conductance. </p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>* Determine the reaction of people with dementia regarding the putting on and<br /><br>wearing of the wearable. Do they show discomfort?<br /><br>When putting on and wearing the wearable it is registered if and how the<br /><br>subjects react to the wearable (both verbally as nonverbally). In addition,<br /><br>skin rash/irritations are registered.<br /><br><br /><br>* The identification of environmental factors preceding challenging behaviour<br /><br>and/or increase in stress-related parameters as measured by the wearable.<br /><br>In case of challenging behaviour and/or increase in stress-related parameters,<br /><br>the environmental factors (e.g. envorinmental temperature, sounds,<br /><br>enterling/leaving of persons, events) 15 minutes prior to the challenging<br /><br>behavior and/or increase of stress-related parameters will be scored. </p><br>