Status:
COMPLETED
Maintenance of Occupational Therapy for Patients With Alzheimer
Lead Sponsor:
University Hospital, Bordeaux
Conditions:
Alzheimer's Disease or Related Disorder
Eligibility:
All Genders
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
France put a massive effort for improving dementia care through a national Alzheimer plan in 2008 and this effort was confirmed by the next government (Neurodegenerative Diseases Plan 2014-2019). Some...
Detailed Description
The Alzheimer specialized teams provide "occupational" therapy to maintain or restore the functional capacities of patients. After a deep evaluation of the expectations and needs of patients and their...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients with dementia (regardless of etiology) diagnosed or suspected by their physician (general practitioner or specialist) and referred to an Alzheimer specialized team
- Patients with Mini Mental State Examination score\> 15
- Patients living at home, in residences for the elderly
- Presence of a non-professional primary caregiver
Exclusion
- Patients under 18 years of age;
- Institutionalized or foster care patients;
- Patients who routinely refuse home care;
- Patients with a known severe and unstable general pathology that does not allow patient follow-up;
- Patients already enrolled in another non-drug management trial other than the study;
- Patients whose institutionalization is probable in the short term (within 6 months) or for whom a change of domicile envisaged in the short term and would not allow the carrying out of the follow-up evaluations;
- Patients under tutorship or curatorship, patients unable to express consent;
- Primary caregiver who does not wish to participate in the study or who cannot be available for the follow-up planned for the study;
- Known cognitive deficits or chronic psychosis that do not able patients' follow-up;
- Presence of a primary caregiver with known cognitive or psychiatric disorders (chronic active psychosis) , which doesn't allow the proper conduct of the study;
- Patients who have already benefited from the "occupational" therapy program.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 17 2018
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
November 4 2019
Estimated Enrollment :
240 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03435705
Start Date
January 17 2018
End Date
November 4 2019
Last Update
October 13 2023
Active Locations (8)
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1
Aapam-Ssiad
Blaignan, France, 33340
2
SESAME
Bordeaux, France, 33800
3
Castelsanté
Casteljaloux, France, 47700
4
SSIAD Hauts de garonne
Cenon, France, 33150