CAlming Touch for People With Agitation or Other Behavioural Symptoms of DEMentia

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

20 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-10-04

Study Completion Date

2022-12-22

Brief Summary

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Dementia is an increasing health challenge among elderly citizens in Denmark. An estimated 87,000 Danes live with dementia, and this number is expected to increase to 130,000 in 2030. Psychiatric symptoms and behavioral changes decrease quality of life for patients and their spouses and is a challenge for caretakers. Behavior changes include agitation which can be divided in four sub-groups: 1) physical aggression, 2) physical non-aggression, 3) verbal aggression, and 4) verbal non-aggression. Pharmaceutical management of behavioral changes is common and may be associated with negative side-effects including drowsiness and falls. Though non-pharmaceutical interventions such as music, massage and social activities have been recommended the underlying evidence is limited. In this randomized feasibility trial, we will investigate the feasibility and acceptability of therapeutic touch aiming to reduce agitated behavior in people living with dementia in a nursing home that specializes in the care of people living with severe dementia.

The success criteria of this randomized feasibility trial are as follows:

1. Nursing home residents can be recruited and accept the treatment 'CAlming Touch for People with Agitation or Other Behavioral Symptoms of DEMentia' (CADEM) and complete the feasibility project's test protocol.
2. The treatment concept, which involves the nursing staff in charge of the follow-up treatment, can be implemented in practice.
3. The treatment (CADEM) shows a tendency towards less restless and aggressive behavior for demented citizens evaluated based on a validated measuring tool.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Dementia Agitation,Psychomotor

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Calming Touch

The calming treatment consists of deep pressure massage and gentle facilitation. The therapist works with the vertical axis, center, respiration, body boundaries and the feet.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Calming Touch

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The calming treatment consists of deep pressure massage and gentle facilitation. The therapist works with the vertical axis, center, respiration, body boundaries and the feet.

Usual care

The usual care group may participate in usual activities at the nursing home e.g. physio- and occupational therapy, listening to calming music, holdning hands with care-takers.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Calming Touch

The calming treatment consists of deep pressure massage and gentle facilitation. The therapist works with the vertical axis, center, respiration, body boundaries and the feet.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Citizens who are residents of the care center due to dementia
* Citizens living at a care center in Naestved Municipality
* Demented citizens who exhibit agitated / aggressive behavior (nursing staff observe whether the citizen exhibits agitated behavior within at least one of the subgroups