NCT02126059

Complementary Interventions on Patients With Dementia: Comparative and Longitudinal Research

The Health Effects of Cognitive Stimulation, Reminiscence, and Aroma-massage Complementary Interventions on Different Behavior Patterns of Patients With Dementia: Comparative and Longitudinal Research

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 120 (actual)
• Sponsor: National Cheng-Kung University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Cognitive function, behavioral and psychological symptoms, and quality of life will improve after administration of cognitive stimulation therapy, reminiscence therapy, and aroma-massage therapy in patients with dementia.

Detailed description

This study will base on the pattern of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia, to verify and compare the effectiveness of the three non-pharmacological complementary interventions, cognitive stimulation therapy, reminiscence therapy, and aroma-massage therapy on patients' cognitive function, behavior and psychological symptoms, and quality of life.

Conditions

• Dementia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Reminiscence	The 10 session topics include "Happy to seeing you", "Childhood stories", "Food flavor", "Our old songs", "Festival", "My family", "My Carrier", "Unforgettable events", "My home", and "My award". small group intervention (8-12 per group), expected total number of group is 5.
BEHAVIORAL	Cognitive stimulation	The 10 session topics include "psycial activities", "sound", "face", "food", "word association", "number and games", "being creative", "categorizing objects", "orientation", and "team qiuz". small group intervention (8-12 per group), total number of group is 5.
BEHAVIORAL	Aroma-massage	Researcher will conduct hand and arm massage to a patient, once a week, each time session for 30 mins with natural tested and safe aroma-essential oil.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-01-01
• Primary completion: 2015-07-01
• Completion: 2015-07-01
• First posted: 2014-04-29
• Last updated: 2016-02-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan