Mild cognitive impairment, mild or moderate dementia (degenerative type, not solely vascular) Mental and Behavioural Disorders Dementia
Conditions
Interventions
Treatment consists of two parts:
1. Activation therapy for cognitively affected day-care visitors
1.a. Intervention group: The well-examined MAKS therapy (see http://ww
Sponsors
Statutory Health Insurance Funds Association (GKV-Spitzenverband) (Germany)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Visitors of day-care centres with mild cognitive impairment or early dementia who have an informal caregiver 2. Informed consent
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Completely blind or deaf 2. No informal caregiver at all 3. Severe dementia 4. Cognitive decline due to diseases other than dementia (e.g. schizophrenia or Korsakov)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Abilities of daily living assessed at baseline and after 6 months: Performance test E-ADL 2. Cognition assessed at baseline and after 6 months: MMSE and MOCA | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| All assessed at baseline, after 6, 12, and 24 months 1. Life quality of informal caregiver and relative: EQ-5 D questionnaire 2. Care Situation: 2.a. RUD Questionnare 2.b. FIMA 2.c. Health care utilisation 3. Caregiver Burden: 3.a. HPS-K 3.b. BIZA-D 4. Dementia symptoms 4.a. NPI-Q 4.b. NOSGER (social behaviour) | — |
Countries
Germany
Outcome results
None listed