E-health information system for an advanced nursing care process

Not Applicable

• Conditions: dementia, cognitive disabilities, sleep; F03; G47; Unspecified dementia; Sleep disorders

• Registration Number: DRKS00006829
• Lead Sponsor: FHS St.Gallen, Hochschule für Angewandte WissenschaftenInstitut für Unternehmensberatung

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2014-10-02
• Study Completion: 2015-09-30
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 199

Inclusion Criteria

Elderly resident:Dementia/cognitively constrained elderly resident (medical diagnose / assessment by nurses), sleeping disorder (assessment by nurse), written informed consent (for a person who fully lacks the capacity to consent, informed consent will be obtained indirectly through proxy decision maker)
Case discussions: nurse’s written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

Elderly resident: end of life care,
no written informed consent.
Nurse: no written informed consent

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Sleep quality will be measured by Swiss version of neuropsychiatric inventory for nursing home (NPI-NH)- area K sleep, Essener questionnaire on age and sleepiness EFAS, one item of Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and Mobility Monitor at baseline t0, after 6 weeks t1 and after 6 months t2.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Decubitus ulcer, falls, nurses’ work load (questionnaire for „Belastungserleben der Pflegenden von Menschen mit Demenz), quality of life of elderly residents (German version of 15D instrument of QoL) and cost-benefit analysis at baseline t0, after 6 weeks t1 and after 6 months t2.