The effect of an ADL orientated practical activation of demented persons in a home setting by informed caregivers and cognitiv activation by external personal in a home setting- a multicenter, randomised controlled trial for the evaluation of a multimodal, manual based and tailor-made activation programme.

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• Conditions: F00; Dementia in Alzheimer disease

• Registration Number: DRKS00000395
• Lead Sponsor: Katholische Hochschule Mainz

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-05-11
• Study Completion: 2013-01-27
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 72

Inclusion Criteria

Diagnosed Alzheimer's disease according to the criterias of ICD-10/ DSM IV
Screeninginstruments are Mini-Mental-State-Examination (Score: >=12 and <=24), SIDAM + integrated HIS. (live with an informed caregiver)

Exclusion Criteria

Diagnosed vascular dementia according to the criterias of ICD-10/DSM IV. Disagreed score of screening instruments. Reluctance of the informed caregiver to take over the practical activation, no possibility of activation because of disabilities, no compliance, excessive consumation of alcohol, drugs or medications, neurological or psychiatric diseases such as depressions, schizophrenia.

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
First measuring point (t0 after screening) and second measuring point (t1) after an intervention period of 6 month. Third measuring point (t2) after 12 month:<br>Measuring of ADL- abitities (E-ADL-Test) and cognitive abitities (ADAS-cog-Test) for the patients.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
First measuring point (t0 after screening) and second measuring point (t1) after an intervention period of 6 month. Third measuring point (t2) after 12 month:<br>Measuring of extent of care dependency by use of scale (PAS) and geriatric symptoms included instrumental function abilities (questionnaire: NOSGER-scale) for the patients, quality of life (questionnaire:WHOQol-BREF) and strain for the informed caregivers (questionnaire:HPS)