Solution Focused Brief Therapy in the multicultural memory clinic: a mixed methods study
- Conditions
- dementiamild cognitive impairment10012272
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 200
* Patient and caregiver have visited the multicultural memory clinic; all
diagnostic assessments (neuropsychological assessment, MRI etc.) have been
completed
* Patient was referred for cognitive complaints
* Patient and caregiver are willing and able to give informed consent
* Male or female, aged 18 years or above for caregivers, 30 years or above for
patients.
* If severe psychiatric disorders requiring active treatment are present, as
judged during the multidisciplinary meetings of the Alzheimer Center.
* If the patient is unable to provide informed consent due to severe cognitive
impairment, e.g. as shown by an inability to complete the screening measures of
the neuropsychological assessment, or floor effects on more than one cognitive
domain
* If the patient is too impaired in speech or language comprehension to
participate in the intervention, as judged by the investigator
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>The main study parameter is the group difference in the trajectories of quality<br /><br>of life from pre-, to directly post- and six months post-treatment. </p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>The secondary study parameters are the group differences in the trajectories of<br /><br>depressive symptoms, solution focused skills and caregiver strain from pre-, to<br /><br>directly post- and six months post-treatment.<br /><br><br /><br>Furthermore, we will perform a cost-effectiveness study.</p><br>