Dementia, vascular Dementia, Alzheimer Disease. Dementia
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: Intervention group: The Intervention group will receive interventions in two sessions of group caregiver training and several sessions of individual training. Group training sessions:
Sponsors
Iran University of Medical Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
60 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Dementia diagnosis based on medical records of patients and approved by DSM-V criteria by psychiatrist or neurologist (Alzheimer's or vascular type of dementia). Presence of at least one pattern of Sensory Processing disorders based on the Adolescent /Adult Sensory Profile. The severity of dementia will be determined after pilot test of the sensory processing intervention program. No other psychiatric disorders. caregivers must dominate to Persian. MMSE Twenty-Three and Up for Caregivers (to determine caregivers' ability to apply sensory processing interventions).
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: A patient with other types of dementia. The patient does not have any of the Sensory Processing disorders. A patient with other psychiatric disorders.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Behavior. Timepoint: before intervention and 1, 2 , 4 weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: Adolescent / Adult Sensory Profiles are designed to examine Behavioral responses to daily sensory experiences for individuals 11 years and older (Dunn and Brown, 2001). Items in this tool are organized according to the categories of sensory processing: taste/ smell, motion (vestibular/ deep), vision, tactile, level of activity and hearing. Item components (60 items) provide information about quadrants (low registration, sensory seeking, sensory sensitivity, sensory avoidance) based on Dunn's sensory processing model, sensory processing classifications, neural threshold continuum (above/ Bottom) and self-regulation strategies (passive / active).;Functional Disability. Timepoint: before intervention and 1, 2 , 4 weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: The Disability Assessment of Dementia was designed to measure Functional ability in dementia in 1999 by Gelinas et al. This scale is based on the WHO Health Model. BADL, IADL, and Cognitive Skills, including starting, planning, organizing, and applying them effectively, are assessed at this scale. In total, it consists of 40 items, 17 items related to BADL and 23 items to IADL, which summarize the individual's performance over the past two weeks through a brief interview with the caregiver. Scoring items includes answers to yes: 1, no: 2 and useless. This scale was evaluated in 2016 by Soltani et al. And its validity and reliability were evaluated. Internal consistency was 0.78 for this scale and 0.99 for test-retest and test-retest reliability values.;Burden of Care. Timepoint: before intervention and 1, 2 , 4 weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: The Burden of Care questionnaire for people with dementia is a 29-item scale designed in 2010 to assess the burden of care in Iran with respect to cultural context, test-retest reliability and internal consistency reliability of this scale were 0.94, respe | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Cognition of dementia patients. Timepoint: before intervention and 1, 2 , 4 weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: The Montreal Cognitive Assessment Scale measures short-term memory, visual and spatial ability, executive performance, verbal fluency, and verbal abstraction task. The sensitivity of this scale was also reported in those with mild cognitive impairment 0.9 and those with Alzheimer's 100%. The Persian version of this scale was developed in 2010 by Amsaki and colleagues in people with Parkinson's disease. Internal consistency was 0.77 and sensitivity was 0.85. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactAfsoon Hasani Mehraban
Iran University of Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed