Exploration of the effect of a comprehensive, multidimensional living and care concept on people with dementia and nurses in stationary long-term care on the example of a dementia special care unit. Subprojects: summative and formative evaluation

Exploration of the effect of a comprehensive, multidimensional living and care concept on people with dementia and nurses in stationary long-term care on the example of a dementia special care unit. Subprojects: summative and formative evaluation - EvalD

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00011513

Enrollment

400

Registered

2017-01-18

Start date

2017-02-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-03-30

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Conditions

Demenz F00 F02 F03 F01

Interventions

Group 1: Residents and nurses of the dementia special care unit - intervention group A: The intervention consists of the comprehensive and complex living and care concept of the dementia special care

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Residents: MMSE<24, moved into the nursing home since the beginning of the trial nurses: worked at the nursing home for a minimum of six month at the time of the survey

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Residents: MMSE>23, residents who already lived in the nursing home at the beginning of the trial nurses: worked at the nursing home less than six month at the time of the survey, temporary workers, trainees and apprentices

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Quality of life of nursing home residents with dementia: examined with the QUALIDEM (Ettema et al., 2007) at three timepoints: 1 week, 1 month and 6 months after the residents moved into the nursing home	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Nurses' strain in care: examined with the Strain in Dementia Care Scale (Edberg et al., 2015) at two timepoints: at the beginning and at the end of data collection	—

Countries

Austria

Contacts

Public ContactLaura Adlbrecht

Universität WienInstitut für Pflegewissenschaft

laura.adlbrecht@univie.ac.at+43 (0) 4277 49819

Outcome results

None listed

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