Treatment Routes for Exploring Agitation
Status unconfirmed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group
Conditions studied: Dementia, Behavior Problems
In brief
The purpose of this study is to examine the efficacy of non-pharmacological ways to treat agitated behaviors in nursing home residents with dementia. The hypothesis is that non-pharmacological interventions will be more effective than placebo in decreasing such behaviors.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00820859
- Run by
- National Institute on Aging (NIA)
- People needed
- 200
- Starts
- 2006-06-01
- Expected to finish
- 2011-06-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2009-07-03
Who can join
Age: 60 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Age 60 or older
- Diagnosis of dementia derived from the resident's medical chart at the facility or from an attending physician, as based on DSM-IV criteria and the Report of the NINCDS-ADRDA
- Resident of the facility for at least three weeks so that nursing staff members know the resident well enough to accurately assess him or her
- Identified by nursing staff to exhibit either verbal agitation or physical non-aggressive agitation at least several times a day
You may not qualify if…
- Lifelong diagnosis of schizophrenia
- Bipolar disorder diagnosed prior to onset of dementia
- Diagnosis of premorbid mental retardation
- Judged by direct-care nursing staff to have a life expectancy of less than 3 months
- Expected to leave the nursing home (either to enter the hospital or to go home) within the next 4 months
- Agitation manifested less than 6 times a day
Where it is running
- Research Institute on Aging — Rockville, Maryland, United States (enrolling)
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