Study Results
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
696 participants
OBSERVATIONAL
2009-04-30
2023-11-30
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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COHORT
PROSPECTIVE
Study Groups
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Memory clinic
People visiting a memory clinic at Ullevål University Hospital, St Olav Hospital or Innlandet Hospital Trust (n=400). The patients will be assessed three times over a three-year follow-up. Baseline inclusion started in January 2010. The final assessments will take place in spring 2014.
No interventions assigned to this group
Nursing homes
People admitted to a nursing home recruited from municipalities in Hedmark, Oppland, Nord-Trøndelag and Bergen (n=1000). Baseline assessments take place when the person is admitted to the nursing home. The patients will be assessed every six months over a three-year follow-up period. The first participant was included in March 2012, and baseline inclusion will be completed in December 2013.
No interventions assigned to this group
In-home care
People 70 years of age or older receiving in-home care recruited from municipalities in Hedmark, Oppland, Oslo, Østfold and Buskerud (n=995). The patients will be assessed three times over a three-year follow-up period. Baseline inclusion started in April 2009 and the final assessments will take place in December 2013.
No interventions assigned to this group
People without dementia
People without dementia recruited from Nord-Trøndelag, Drammen and Oslo (n=400).
The participants will be assessed three times over a three-year follow-up period. Baseline inclusion will take place in autumn 2012 and the last follow-up will take place in autumn 2015.
No interventions assigned to this group
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Persons 70 years of age or older receiving in-home care from the municipality
* All persons admitted to the nursing home with an expected stay of more than four weeks.
* Participants should be 65 years or older, unless established dementia disease, in which case younger persons also will be included
* Persons 65 years or older without any sign of dementia
Exclusion Criteria
In-home care sample
* None
Nursing-home sample
* Life expectancy of less than six weeks
Control sample
* None
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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Norwegian Directorate of Health
OTHER_GOV
King's College London
OTHER
Karolinska Institutet
OTHER
Oslo University Hospital
OTHER
University Hospital, Akershus
OTHER
Helse Midt-Norge
OTHER
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
OTHER
University of Bergen
OTHER
Norwegian Centre for Ageing and Health
OTHER
Sykehuset Innlandet HF
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Geir Selbaek, pHd
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Centre for old age psychiatry research, Innlandet Hospital Trust
Locations
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University of Bergen
Bergen, , Norway
Senter for omsorgsforskning - Midt
Namsos, , Norway
Innlandet Hospital Trust
Ottestad, , Norway
Countries
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References
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Sandvik RKNM, Husebo BS, Selbaek G, Strand G, Patrascu M, Mustafa M, Bergh S. Oral symptoms in dying nursing home patients. Results from the prospective REDIC study. BMC Oral Health. 2024 Jan 25;24(1):129. doi: 10.1186/s12903-024-03901-x.
Callegari E, Saltyte Benth J, Selbaek G, Gronnerod C, Bergh S. Do prescription rates of psychotropic drugs change over three years from nursing home admission? BMC Geriatr. 2021 Sep 16;21(1):496. doi: 10.1186/s12877-021-02437-x.
Sandvik RK, Selbaek G, Bergh S, Aarsland D, Husebo BS. Signs of Imminent Dying and Change in Symptom Intensity During Pharmacological Treatment in Dying Nursing Home Patients: A Prospective Trajectory Study. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2016 Sep 1;17(9):821-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2016.05.006. Epub 2016 Jun 16.
Related Links
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Link to web page with a working paper describing the project
Other Identifiers
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E13237
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id