Geriatric-psychiatric house calls and counseling in Düsseldorf for people with dementia and loss of insight

Geriatric-psychiatric house calls and counseling in Düsseldorf for people with dementia and loss of insight - GerHaRD

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00003957

Enrollment

120

Registered

2012-07-16

Start date

2012-07-17

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-04-27

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

F00.1 F00.2

Interventions

Group 1: People suffering from dementia and anosognosia and their relatives are visited in their homes by a medical specialist and a member of the staff of the Düsseldorf dementia network. A first di

individual advice on treatment and local assistance services is given. During the home visits, the following assessment instruments are used for detailed documentation: • Anamnesis or heteroanamnes

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

50 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients with any type of dementia and unawareness with subsequent rejection of medical evaluation. - Age 50 years and older - Residents of the city of Düsseldorf

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - Suicidal or potential aggressive behavior - Cognitive disorders not due to dementia - Severe somatic disorders requiring immediate hospitalization - Already completed diagnostic assessment of the dementia syndrome and established medical treatment - Rejection of any contact to the service

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
integration into the local health care system, 1) result of the intervention after house call: result sheet "house call" --> individual suggestion adressed to the general practitioner -for the use of care services (yes/no) -and a specific medical treatment (yes/no) 2) follow-up after 12 month by using a standardized telephone interview: -established use of care services (yes/no) -established specific medical treatment (yes/no)	—

Measure

Time frame

integration into the local health care system, 1) result of the intervention after house call: result sheet "house call" --> individual suggestion adressed to the general practitioner -for the use of care services (yes/no) -and a specific medical treatment (yes/no) 2) follow-up after 12 month by using a standardized telephone interview: -established use of care services (yes/no) -established specific medical treatment (yes/no)

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
- cognitive status, assessed uniquely with Mini-Mental-Status-Examination (MMSE) and Clock Drawing Test (CDT) - everyday-competence, assessed uniquely with Nurses observation scale for geriatric Patients (NOSGER) - stage of dementia, assessed uniquely with geriatric deterioration scale (GDS) - burden of caring relatives, assessed uniquely with the COPE-index - awareness of illness, assessed uniquely with Anosognosia-Questionnaire for Dementia AQ-D (discrepancy between the patients and relatives information)	—

Measure

Time frame

- cognitive status, assessed uniquely with Mini-Mental-Status-Examination (MMSE) and Clock Drawing Test (CDT) - everyday-competence, assessed uniquely with Nurses observation scale for geriatric Patients (NOSGER) - stage of dementia, assessed uniquely with geriatric deterioration scale (GDS) - burden of caring relatives, assessed uniquely with the COPE-index - awareness of illness, assessed uniquely with Anosognosia-Questionnaire for Dementia AQ-D (discrepancy between the patients and relatives information)

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactBarbara Höft

Leitung Institutsambulanz Gerontopsychiatrie LVR-Klinikum Düsseldorf/ Kliniken der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf

barbara.hoeft@lvr.de0211/922-4254

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: May 1, 2026