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CompletedNCT00653731

Effective Strategies for Dementia Care

Testing Three Interventions for Clinical Effectiveness in Long Term Care Residents With Dementia: Snoezelen, Structured Reminiscence Therapy, 10-minutes Activation. A Cluster-randomized Controlled Trial.

Status
Completed
Phase
N/A
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
327 (actual)
Sponsor
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
55 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the interventions of Snoezelen, structured reminiscence therapy and 10-minutes activation are effective to reduce apathy in long term care residents with dementia.

Detailed description

Design: Cluster-randomized controlled trial with 20 nursing homes in Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt (Germany).

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
BEHAVIORALSnoezelen ©Nursing individual intervention one time a week for 20 minutes
BEHAVIORALstructured reminiscence therapyIndividual nursing intervention: one time a week 20 minutes
BEHAVIORAL10-minutes activationIndividual nursing intervention: two times a week for 10 minutes
BEHAVIORALUnstructured verbal communicationIndividual nursing intervention: one time a week for 20 minutes

Timeline

Start date
2008-02-01
Primary completion
2010-01-01
Completion
2010-01-01
First posted
2008-04-07
Last updated
2011-08-31

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00653731. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.