Exploration of the effect of a comprehensive, multidimensional living and care concept on people with dementia and nurses in stationary long-term care on the example of a dementia special care unit.Subprojects: summative and formative evaluatio

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Completed

• Conditions: Demenz; F00; F02; F03; F01; Dementia in Alzheimer disease; Dementia in other diseases classified elsewhere; Unspecified dementia; Vascular dementia

• Registration Number: DRKS00011513
• Lead Sponsor: Institut für PflegewissenschaftUniversität Wien - Fakultät für Sozialwissenschaften

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-01-18
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 328

Inclusion Criteria

Residents: MMSE<24, moved into the nursing home since the beginning of the trial
nurses: worked at the nursing home for a minimum of six month at the time of the survey

Exclusion Criteria

Residents: MMSE>23, residents who already lived in the nursing home at the beginning of the trial
nurses: worked at the nursing home less than six month at the time of the survey, temporary workers, trainees and apprentices

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Quality of life of nursing home residents with dementia: examined with the QUALIDEM (Ettema et al., 2007) at three timepoints: 1 week, 1 month and 6 months after the residents moved into the nursing home

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
urses' strain in care: examined with the Strain in Dementia Care Scale (Edberg et al., 2015) at two timepoints: at the beginning and at the end of data collection