Association between awareness, coping and neuropsychiatric symptoms in people with Alzheimer*s disease, vascular dementia or mixed dementia

Completed

• Conditions: dementie; Alzheimer; dementia

• Registration Number: NL-OMON46248
• Lead Sponsor: entis (Groningen)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Last Update Posted: 15 April 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 80

Inclusion Criteria

- The subject has a caregiver who lives with him/her and who is willing to participate
- The subject has been diagnosed with Alzheimer*s disease, vascular dementia or mixed dementia
- The subject scores a 0.5 (very mild dementia), 1 (mild dementia) or 2 (moderate dementia) on the Clinical Dementia Rating Scale
- The subject is able to communicate in Dutch without a translator

Exclusion Criteria

- There is no caregiver
- The present caregiver has cognitive disabilities or is too overburdened
- Subjects with psychiatric disorders will be excluded
- Subjects with a history of substance abuse, head trauma or brain illness other than dementia will be excluded

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational non invasive
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Primary endpoints are three types of awareness and three types of<br /><br>neuropsychiatric symptoms, as well as nine coping strategies. </p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>To examine the moderating effect of coping style on the association between<br /><br>awareness and neuropsychiatric symptoms in dementia.</p><br>