Complementary Interventions on Patients With Dementia: Comparative and Longitudinal Research

NCT ID: NCT02126059

Last Updated: 2016-02-17

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

120 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-01-31

Study Completion Date

2015-07-31

Brief Summary

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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

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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

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Dementia

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

FACTORIAL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Caregivers

Study Groups

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Cognitive stimulation

One cognitive stimulation session per week for a continuous 10 weeks, each session contains 50 minutes, totally 10 session topics related to cognitive stimulation.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Reminiscence

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

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.

Aroma-massage

One hand and shoulder massage session per week for a continuous 10 weeks, each session contains 30 minutes, totally 10 session massage.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Cognitive stimulation

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

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.

reminiscence

One reminiscence session per week for a continuous 10 weeks, each session contains 50 minutes, totally 10 session topics related to reminiscence.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Aroma-massage

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

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.

Control

Control group remain regular activities

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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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.

Intervention Type 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.

Intervention Type 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.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

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Reminiscence complementary therapy

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* been diagnosed with dementia (all stages) or MMSE below 23 for high school educated and 17 for less than high school education
* able to communicate verbally or nonverbally
* able to understand short sentences
* can sit for at least 50 mins.

Exclusion Criteria

* no hospitalization within the past two weeks
* not under severe acute illness
* no psychiatric disorders.
Minimum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

National Cheng-Kung University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Jing-Jy Wang, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

National Cheng Kung University

Locations

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National Cheng Kung University Dementia center

Tainan City, , Taiwan

Site Status

Countries

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Taiwan

References

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Ball EL, Owen-Booth B, Gray A, Shenkin SD, Hewitt J, McCleery J. Aromatherapy for dementia. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2020 Aug 19;8(8):CD003150. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003150.pub3.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 32813272 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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Sellin127

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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