Dementia Mental and Behavioural Disorders Unspecified dementia
Conditions
Interventions
The recruitment of participants is randomized in this study. There are two Phases of participant recruitment:
In phase I, healthcare professionals, for example, physicians, will be se
Group 2 contains people who are diagnosed with dementia including Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia and other types of dementia and regardless the stage of disease process. That is he or she is i
Sponsors
Medical Center of Aging Research, China Medical University Hospital
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: The participants are divided into three groups: Group 1 contains the primary family caregivers who live with the care recipient, regardless of age and gender Group 2 contains people who are diagnosed with dementia. To have a complete picture from patients of dementia in terms of needs and supports in this study, people with any age and sex with a diagnosis of dementia (Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia or mixed Alzheimer’s and vascular dementia, or other types of dementia) who live in the community (excluding people in institutions receiving 24 hours of care). Also people at different stage of disease processes (people who are still able to express his/her views mainly) will be included Group 3 contains healthcare professionals including neurologic or geriatric physicians, nurses, clinical psychologist, occupational therapist, social workers and paid carers
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Healthcare professional who never works with dementia patients 2. Primary family caregiver who does not live with the care recipient
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| interview results; qualitative interview results will be transcribed into text then the text will be analyzed. Thematic analysis will be used to analyze the text. Themes and subthemes will be cited from the text. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Delphi questionnaire results; the design of the Delphi questionnaire will be based on literature review and the themes and subthemes cited from interviews. | — |
Countries
Taiwan
Contacts
Public ContactChia-Ming Yen
Outcome results
None listed