Dementia or cognitive impairment Mental and Behavioural Disorders Dementia or cognitive impairment
Conditions
Interventions
Bristol Psycho-educational Intervention Group (BPI): The BPI group will comprise of two phases -
Phase 1 will be six, weekly group meetings each lasting up to two hours. Individuals will be infor
Sponsors
The Health Foundation (UK)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: The intervention will be offered to individuals aged 55 years or over with mild cognitive impairment, defined as Clinician's Dementia Rating score of 0.5 or 1. This is likely to include people with a stable cognitive impairment as well as individuals whose condition is expected to deteriorate and those with an established diagnosis of early dementia (Ritchie & Kildea 1995. Both patient and partner will be in daily contact and will have expressed an interest in, or concern about, learning to manage these difficulties when seen in the Bristol Memory Disorders Clinic (BMDC) by the clinic doctor. Patients and partners will usually live within a 45-min drive of Blackberry Hill Hospital.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Not provided at time of registration
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
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| Not provided at time of registration | — |
Secondary
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| Not provided at time of registration | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed