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Clinical Trials/ISRCTN14948133
ISRCTN14948133
Completed
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The Namaste Care intervention to improve the quality of dying for people with advanced dementia living in care homes: a feasibility study for a cluster randomised controlled trial

ancaster University0 sites328 target enrollmentOctober 4, 2017

Overview

Phase
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Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Advanced dementia
Sponsor
ancaster University
Enrollment
328
Status
Completed
Last Updated
5 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

2018 protocol in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30478131 (added 28/10/2019) 2020 results in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31971506 (added 24/01/2020) 2021 serious adverse event reporting procedures in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33472621/ (added 22/01/2021)

Registry
who.int
Start Date
October 4, 2017
End Date
November 30, 2018
Last Updated
5 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
ancaster University

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Inclusion criteria for residents:
  • 1\. Resident is a permanent resident within the nursing home (i.e. not present for receipt of respite or day care)
  • 2\. Resident has a formal assessment of advanced dementia, (based on the Functional Assessment of Staging of Alzheimer’s Disease (FAST) score of 6\-7\) made by the nursing home manager or another experienced member of staff
  • 3\. Resident lacks capacity (capacity assessed and documented with an appropriate tool)
  • 4\. Resident has a key worker member of staff willing to provide proxy outcome data
  • Inclusion criteria for informal carers:
  • An informal carer meeting all of the following criteria will be eligible to join the feasibility trial if they:
  • 1\. Are above the age of 18 who self\-define as a family member or friend who acts as an informal carer for a participant with advanced dementia
  • 2\. Have the ability to communicate in English
  • Inclusion criteria for nursing home staff:

Exclusion Criteria

  • Resident exclusion criteria:
  • A resident meeting any of the following criteria will not be eligible to participate in the feasibility trial if the resident:
  • 1\. Is permanently bedbound and unable to leave their room
  • 2\. Is currently or recently involved in another research study or trial that conflicts with Namaste Care or with data collection during the course of the Namaste Care trial
  • 3\. Has the capacity to consent
  • Informal carer exclusion criteria:
  • If the informal carer cannot communicate in English, they will not be eligible to join the trial
  • Nursing home staff exclusion criteria:
  • If the nursing home staff member has delivered Namaste Care to a resident in a nursing home setting which is not involved in this trial

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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