Dementia (Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia and Lewy-body disease) Nervous System Diseases Dementia in Alzheimer disease, vascular dementia, Lewy body(ies)(dementia)(disease)
Conditions
Interventions
Participants will attend one of two Living Well with Dementia groups, with between 4 and 12 participants attending each group, each of which runs for 10 weeks. The Living Well with Dementia (LIVDEM) g
Sponsors
Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust (UK)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: The principal inclusion criteria are that participants: 1. Must have received a diagnosis of dementia within the previous 18 months. This diagnosis may be of 1.1. Probable Alzheimer?s disease according to the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke - Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association (NINCDS-ADRDA) criteria (McKhann et al. 1984) 1.2. Probable vascular dementia according to the NINDS-AIREN criteria (Roman et al. 1993) 1.3. Dementia with Lewy bodies according to the ?consensus guidelines for the clinical and pathologic diagnosis of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB)? (McKeith et al. 1996) 2. Participants should acknowledge, at least occasionally, that they have a memory problem 3. Be willing to attend a group program 4. Have adequate communication skills to enable group participation 5. Have a MMSE (Mini-Mental State Examination; Folstein, Folstein & McHugh, 1975) score of at least 18
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Participants will be excluded from the study if: 1. They have a significant pre-morbid history of functional mental health problems (e.g., psychosis) 2. Received a diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia (Neary et al. 1988) 3. If participants have taken part in similar research or dementia group projects in the past
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Quality of life is measured using the Quality of Life in Alzheimer?s disease scale (QoL-AD) during the first and the final sessions. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The LIFT psychology service, like all Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) services, are required to administer the Minimum Data Set (MDS) for all therapy participants at the end of every session. This includes: 1. Demographic information (e.g., ethnicity, address, religion, economic status) 2. The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) 3. Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item (GAD-7) scale 4. Work and Social Adjustment Scale (WSAS) | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed