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| National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan | OTHER_GOV |
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Cognitive function, behavioral and psychological symptoms, and quality of life will improve after administration of cognitive stimulation therapy, reminiscence therapy, and aroma-massage therapy in patients with dementia.
This study will base on the pattern of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia, to verify and compare the effectiveness of the three non-pharmacological complementary interventions, cognitive stimulation therapy, reminiscence therapy, and aroma-massage therapy on patients' cognitive function, behavior and psychological symptoms, and quality of life.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Cognitive stimulation | Experimental | One cognitive stimulation session per week for a continuous 10 weeks, each session contains 50 minutes, totally 10 session topics related to cognitive stimulation. |
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| Aroma-massage | Experimental | One hand and shoulder massage session per week for a continuous 10 weeks, each session contains 30 minutes, totally 10 session massage. |
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| reminiscence | Experimental | One reminiscence session per week for a continuous 10 weeks, each session contains 50 minutes, totally 10 session topics related to reminiscence. |
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| Control | No Intervention | Control group remain regular activities |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Reminiscence | Behavioral | The 10 session topics include "Happy to seeing you", "Childhood stories", "Food flavor", "Our old songs", "Festival", "My family", "My Carrier", "Unforgettable events", "My home", and "My award". small group intervention (8-12 per group), expected total number of group is 5. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia | To examine if patients' behavioral and psychological symptoms decrease after the intervention. Chinese version of Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory (CMAI) will be used to measure this outcome. Data will be analyzed through GLM repeated measure-GEE. | 2 years |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| quality of life | To examine if patients' quality of life improve after the intervention. WHO Quality of Life-brief Taiwanese version (WHOQOL-BREF) will be used to measure this outcome. Data will be analyzed through GLM-repeated measure-GEE. | 2 years |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Jing-Jy Wang, PhD | National Cheng Kung University | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| National Cheng Kung University Dementia center | Tainan | 701 | Taiwan |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 32813272 | Derived | Ball EL, Owen-Booth B, Gray A, Shenkin SD, Hewitt J, McCleery J. Aromatherapy for dementia. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2020 Aug 19;8(8):CD003150. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003150.pub3. |
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| ID | Term |
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| D003704 | Dementia |
| D001519 | Behavior |
| ID | Term |
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| D001927 | Brain Diseases |
| D002493 | Central Nervous System Diseases |
| D009422 | Nervous System Diseases |
| D019965 | Neurocognitive Disorders |
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| Cognitive stimulation | Behavioral | The 10 session topics include "psycial activities", "sound", "face", "food", "word association", "number and games", "being creative", "categorizing objects", "orientation", and "team qiuz". small group intervention (8-12 per group), total number of group is 5. |
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| Aroma-massage | Behavioral | Researcher will conduct hand and arm massage to a patient, once a week, each time session for 30 mins with natural tested and safe aroma-essential oil. |
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| D001523 | Mental Disorders |