iPads as an adjunctive intervention for people with dementia in residential care: A feasibility pilot randomized controlled trial

Melbourne Health0 个研究点目标入组 21 人开始时间: 2018年9月6日最近更新: 2020年2月3日

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•Residents must be aged over 55 years, and may be of either gender. All participants will have a confirmed diagnosis of dementia (inclusive of all forms), and will be permanent residents of one of the three residential care facilities. Their physical and mental health must be stable (with no acute physiological or psychiatric illnesses requiring acute admission at the time of recruitment). As co-morbidity is so prevalent amongst this population, participants who meet all other inclusion criteria but have other diagnoses will be included. Each participant’s medical history will be recorded as part of the demographic data collection. For their data to be included, participants must use their iPad for at least 2 hours per week. If this has not occurred for three consecutive weeks, they will be automatically withdrawn from the study, but will be allowed to keep the device for ongoing use while a resident at the facility. Staff members working in each of the facilities (including clinicians and relevant non-clinical staff e.g. leisure and lifestyle coordinators) will be invited to participate in the study, by completing outcome measures for residents they know well.

•Any consumers who do not meet the above criteria, and staff with insufficient knowledge of a participating resident’s presentation to complete outcome measures, will be excluded from this study.

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