An interventional study of Home-based massage by caregivers for dementia in Dementia, Massage and Burden, sponsored by National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences. Status unknown at 1 site in Taiwan. Open to participants aged 65 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-04-07.
Sponsored by National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences · Not applicable, Interventional, and Health services research
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of manual massage on improving behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia and sense of burden among caregivers.
A total of 40 patients with dementia and their family caregivers will be included and randomly allocated to experiment (n=20) or control group (n=20). The experiment and control group will receive whole body manual massage and placebo intervention (30 minutes once per week for 8 continuous weeks), respectively.
2,230 studies on the registry are indexed under Dementia; 549 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 40 is below the median of 83 across 1,669 interventional studies indexed under Dementia.
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receive whole body manual massage
Other: Home-based massage by caregivers for dementia
After experiment, receive whole body manual massage
A total of 40 patients with dementia and their family caregivers will be included and randomly allocated to experiment (n=20) or control group (n=20). The experiment and control group will receive whole body manual massage and placebo intervention (30 minutes once per week for 8 continuous weeks), respectively.
change agitation
Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory (CMAI)
Time frame: before , during and after 8-weeks massage training interventions
change depression
Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia (CSDD)
Time frame: before , during and after 8-weeks massage training interventions
change stress
Perceived Stress Scale(PSS)
Time frame: before , during and after 8-weeks massage training interventions
Plan to share: Undecided
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Started Jan 2021 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for May 2022, 16 months after the start.
Of 835 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Dementia, half reached primary completion within 25 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 11 and three quarters within 43. This study's planned 16 months is below that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 875 studies reached it within 24 months; a quarter within 11 and three quarters within 43.
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