Clinical trial NCT06180694: Reminiscence Therapy in Individuals With Dementia
Official title: Reminiscence Therapy Applied to Individuals With Dementia
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Dementia
Lead sponsor: Amasya University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey
First posted: 2023-12-22
Enrollment: 28
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 65
Standard ages: OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: This research will be carried out with the aim of determining the effect of reminiscence therapy applied to individuals with dementia on cognitive functions, anxiety, depression and activities of daily living.

The research will be conducted with a pre-test post-test single group, quasi-experimental research design.

Detailed description: Dementia; It is a disease that requires intensive use of health services, has a high care burden, and has medical, social, psychological and economic burdens for the patient, family and society. Dementia is characterized by many disorders in cognitive functions, especially memory, thought and social skills. Progressive disorders in cognitive functions cause behavioral changes, decrease in activities of daily living, and neuropsychiatric symptoms such as anxiety and depression.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Being diagnosed with mild to moderate dementia according to DSM-5 criteria (whether individuals have an official diagnosis of neurocognitive disorder according to DSM-5 criteria and their medical diagnosis will be verified from the health records at the institution),
* Getting a score between 13-23 for the educated (literate) and 10-23 for the uneducated (illiterate) on the mini mental state examination,
* Being 65 years of age or older,
* Being able to communicate,
* No vision or hearing problems,
* Consent to participate in the research.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Getting a score below 13 and above 23 for the educated (literate) and below 10 and above 23 for the uneducated (illiterate) from the mini mental state examination,
* Having an acute illness that prevents participation in intervention sessions,
* Having serious sensory and physical limitations that prevent participation,
* Having severe neuropsychiatric symptoms (agitation, psychosis, apathy, uncontrolled delirium, etc.),
* Having a traumatic life history,
* Having recently participated in a similar program.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change from Baseline in Cognitive Status on the Standardized Mini Mental Test (SMMT) at Week 8
timeFrame: Baseline and week 8
measure: Change from Baseline in Anxiety Symptoms on Geriatric Anxiety Scale (GAS)
timeFrame: Baseline and week 8
measure: Change from Baseline in Depressive Symptoms on Geriatric Depression Scale Short Form (GDS-SF)
timeFrame: Baseline and week 8
measure: Change from Baseline in Patient's Dependency on Basic Self-Care Behaviors on Katz's Activities of Daily Living Index (KADLI)
timeFrame: Baseline and week 8
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Amasya
country: Turkey
facility: Merve Çayır Yılmaz
Study officials:
affiliation: Amasya University
name: Merve çayır yılmaz, asst. prof.
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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