Doll Therapy on Patients With Moderate and Severe Dementia

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

29 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-04-08

Study Completion Date

2019-10-30

Brief Summary

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Doll therapy is one of the non-pharmacological methods that can be practiced in managing the symptoms of dementia patients. Nurses can practice doll therapy independently, and literature reports that it has positive effects on the behaviors, moods, emotions, cognitive states and social life of patients with moderate and severe dementia. Our country had no study that investigated the effect of doll therapy in managing the cognitive and behavioral symptoms of dementia patients. This project is a randomized controlled trial that aims to investigate the effect of Doll therapy on the cognitive states and agitation levels of patients with moderate and severe dementia.

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Detailed Description

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Dementia is a progressive neurodegenerative disease increasing in prevalence due to the aging population that grows in parallel with the increased life expectancy at birth in recent years. It is characterized with a progressive deterioration in cognitive abilities and memory. Due to the increasing losses in cognitive and physical functions, people with dementia become in need of nursing over time. Agitation is the most common behavioral symptom.

Agitation is defined as improper verbal, vocal and motor activity that are not purposeful and are not caused by confusion. Verbal and physical aggression, restlessness, aimless wandering, profanity, self-harm, continuous and repetitive questioning behavior emerges.Agitation should be managed with reliable and tolerable, effective methods in order to affect the quality of life of both the patient and the caregiver negatively.

Doll therapy is one of the non-pharmacological methods that can be practiced in managing the symptoms of dementia patients. Nurses can practice doll therapy independently, and literature reports that it has positive effects on the behaviors, moods, emotions, cognitive states and social life of patients with moderate and severe dementia.Our country had no study that investigated the effect of doll therapy in managing the cognitive and behavioral symptoms of dementia patients. This study is a randomized controlled trial that aims to investigate the effect of Doll therapy on the cognitive states and agitation levels of patients with moderate and severe dementia.

Conditions

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Dementia

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Doll therapy

Experimental: Doll Therapy Intervention A total of 30 patients were included in the study. All patients that meet the study inclusion criteria will be included in the study The patients in the intervention group will have Doll therapy for 60 days and weekly patient visits. The study will be started with control group patients. At the beginning of the study and after 60 days, "Introductory Information Form", Mini Standard Mini Mental Test "and" Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory "will be applied to patients in intervention and control groups for data collection. Dementia patients will be given a baby, patients will be followed for two months. There will be monitoring once a week.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Doll therapy

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The patient will then be given the doll to be used in the research by the caregiver and the researcher. Intervention group (accepting the baby) will be evaluated in terms of interaction with the baby, communication with employees and other patients and participation in daily life activities for 60 days. In addition, the agitation symptoms of the patients during the 60 days they spend with the baby will be evaluated by CMAI and cognitive level by MMSE.

Routine nursing care

The nursing care provided by the institution was applied to the dementia patients in the routine nursing care group. Routine nursing care group interventions in the institution; Monitoring of life signs, application of drug treatments, participation in social activities such as listening to music, reading prayer, initiatives such as assisting patients in performing daily living activities.

There was no intervention other than routine care. The patients were followed up for two months.The patients were followed up for two months.Data collection forms were applied at the beginning, first and second months of the study.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Routine nursing care

Intervention Type OTHER

The nursing care provided by the institution was applied to the dementia patients in the routine nursing care group. Routine nursing care group interventions in the institution; Monitoring of life signs, application of drug treatments, participation in social activities such as listening to music, reading prayer, initiatives such as assisting patients in performing daily living activities.

Interventions

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Doll therapy

The patient will then be given the doll to be used in the research by the caregiver and the researcher. Intervention group (accepting the baby) will be evaluated in terms of interaction with the baby, communication with employees and other patients and participation in daily life activities for 60 days. In addition, the agitation symptoms of the patients during the 60 days they spend with the baby will be evaluated by CMAI and cognitive level by MMSE.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Routine nursing care

The nursing care provided by the institution was applied to the dementia patients in the routine nursing care group. Routine nursing care group interventions in the institution; Monitoring of life signs, application of drug treatments, participation in social activities such as listening to music, reading prayer, initiatives such as assisting patients in performing daily living activities.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Diagnosed with moderate to severe dementia (those with a SMMT score of 17 or less)
* Having dexterity to hold or caress a baby
* No problem with communication obstruction
* Dementia patients who agree to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria

* Mild stage dementia,
* Diagnosed with neurological or psychiatric diseases other than dementia, not accepting the baby despite two attempts,
* Rarely agitated dementia patients with baby dolls

Maximum Eligible Age

90 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No