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Clinical Trials/ACTRN12610001037099
ACTRN12610001037099Completed未知

In aged care residents with dementia, is specialist mental health consultation more effective than care as usual in the management of major depression?

Monash University0 sites44 target enrollmentStarted: November 24, 2010Last updated:
Conditions

Trial Snapshot

Phase
未知
Status
Completed
Enrollment
44

Study Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Primary Purpose
Educational / counselling / training
Masking
Blinded (masking used)

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
60 Years to o limit (—)
Sex
All

Inclusion Criteria

  • Permanent resident of aged care facility; </= 23 on the MMSE and a PAS Cognitive Decline Informant History of greater than or equal to 4 or their facility record referred to presence of cognitive impairment; diagnosis of DSM-IV Major Depression.

Exclusion Criteria

  • No history of English language proficiency; the resident did not have a family member or friend who could provide information about the resident's emotional well-being.

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