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Active, not recruitingNCT07257263Updated Dec 2, 2025

Exploring How Health Care Support Workers Respond to Distressed Behaviour in People With Dementia

An observational study in Dementia, sponsored by Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust. Active, not recruiting at 1 site in United Kingdom. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-12-02.

Sponsored by Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust · Observational

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Dec 2025, 10 months ago, but the record still lists the study as active, not recruiting.
Study type
Observational
Model
Other
Time perspective
Other
Enrollment
6
Sex
All
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Study summary

  • To provide a narrative description of healthcare support workers experiences of responding to distressed behaviours in people with dementia
  • To explore how these experiences might guide future training needs
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Conditions studied

  • Dementia

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In context

Dementia

2,172 studies on the registry are indexed under Dementia; 540 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 6 is below the median of 250 across 482 observational studies indexed under Dementia.

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Lead sponsor

Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust is the lead sponsor of 24 studies on the registry; 6 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
Child (0–17), Adult (18–64), Older adult (65+)
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

Healthcare support workers working in a ward-setting caring for people with dementia

Inclusion criteria

  • Healthcare support workers
  • Working in a ward-setting caring for people with dementia
  • Based in the main acute hospital

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Registered staff (nurses and nursing associates)
  • Allied Health Professionals and therapy support workers
  • Healthcare support workers employed outside the main acute hospital
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Study design

Observational model
Other
Time perspective
Other
Enrollment
6 participants (estimated)
Patient registry
No

Groups and cohorts

  • staff
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. The study aims to capture the experiences of healthcare support workers caring for people with dementia that may display distressed behaviours

    Time frame: 6 months

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Study locations

1 site
  • Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust
    Truro, United Kingdom
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Undecided — To review with CI

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Dec 2, 2025, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT07257263
Lead sponsor
Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Dec 2, 2025
Start date
Apr 1, 2025
Primary completion
Dec 2025 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 2025 (estimated)
Last update
Dec 2, 2025

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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This study is active, not recruiting, as verified in Nov 2025. You cannot join it, but the record below documents what was studied.

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