Prevention in care: CAM Treatments in Nursing Homes for the Elderly - a Prospective, Controlled, Cohort Study

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00005049

Enrollment

250

Registered

2013-06-12

Start date

2013-04-29

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

Health and quality of life of employees and residents of nursing homes.

Interventions

Group 1: In Group 1 of the study (Kneipp Group) residents and staff from 7 Kneipp facilities for the elderly will be evaaluated at baseline, after 6 and 12 months using questionnaires. Group 2: In Gr

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

60 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: employees: Minimum age 18, General professional experience as a nurse or therapist> 1 year, written informed consent in the present residents: Minimum age 60, written informed consent for participation in the present study (in the case of legal services in addition the consent of the legal guardian present) In addition, for Group 1: Regular use (at least 2x/month) of Kneipp measures for at least 3 months

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Employees: Care Management, severe chronic or acute physical or mental illness, which do not provide a survey of the planned outcome parameters, participation in another interventional study Residents: Severe chronic or acute physical or mental illness, which do not provide a survey of the planned outcome parameters, german care levelIII and/or Barthel index <30, participation in another interventional study

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Since this is an exploratory observational study, a primary outcome measure was not defined.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
The following outcomes were defined: residents: - Life skills using Barthel Index and NOSGER (survey at baseline, 6 and 12 months) - Cognition by Mini Mental Status Examination (survey at baseline and 12 months - Quality of life means Qualidem (survey at baseline, 6 and 12 months) - Health-related quality of life using SF-12 (baseline, 6 and 12 months) employees: - Psychosocial stress in the workplace by COPSOQ - Ability to work by WAI health-related quality of life using SF-12 - Stress by CPSS All questionnaires will be assessed at baseline, after 6 and 12 months	—

Measure

Time frame

The following outcomes were defined: residents: - Life skills using Barthel Index and NOSGER (survey at baseline, 6 and 12 months) - Cognition by Mini Mental Status Examination (survey at baseline and 12 months - Quality of life means Qualidem (survey at baseline, 6 and 12 months) - Health-related quality of life using SF-12 (baseline, 6 and 12 months) employees: - Psychosocial stress in the workplace by COPSOQ - Ability to work by WAI health-related quality of life using SF-12 - Stress by CPSS All questionnaires will be assessed at baseline, after 6 and 12 months

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactMargit Cree

Institut für Sozialmedizin, Epidemiologie und Gesundheitsökonomie, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin

margit.cree@charite.de0049 30 450 529 262

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026