Research on feasibility of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for people with mild dementia and the caregivers in Japan

Research on feasibility of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for people with mild dementia and the caregivers in Japan - Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for people with mild dementia and the caregivers

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000018324

Enrollment

Registered

2015-07-15

Start date

2014-10-10

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

dementia, mild cognitive impairment

Interventions

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients diagnosed as dementia with CDR severity from 0.5 to 1.0 (In addition MMSE with its score greater than 20) 2. Patients who live within visiting distance of the hospital 3. Patients who can spend 30 minutes a day to do the homework assignment 4. Native Japanese speaker

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients who have CDR severity more than 2.0 2. Patients who cannot continue the treatment due to concurrent psychiatric disorders (ex. schizophrenia, bipolar disorder alcohol /drug related disorder, A cluster personality disorder etc.)and severe self-destructive symptoms(self-injury or suicidal attempt, strong psychomotor agitation) 3. Patients who have a history of epilepsy and whose EEG has not been normalized 4. Patients who have too severe cognitive dysfunctions to do CPT sessions 5. Physical disease that may interfere psychological treatment 6. Patients who have already received cognitive behavioral treatment, or currently receive it 7. Patients who cannot come to the hospital regularly(the absence rate of treatment periods > 50%) 8. Patients who are judged by the principal investigator due to other reasons, such as difficulty in understanding the procedure of the study or treatment protocol due to illiteracy or intellectual problem, and etc.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
For patients 1. Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) 2. Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS15) 3. Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, the sub scale "Anxiety" only For caregivers 1. Beck Depression Inventory-2 (in case of older caregivers, GDS15) 2. Zarit caregiver Burden Interview-short version	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
For patients 1. K10 2. Clinical Dementia Rating 3. Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) 4. Hasegawa Dementia Scale-Revised 5. Mini Mental State Examination 6. Dropout ratio 7. Adverse events 8. Short Form 8 For caregivers 1. Dementia Behavior Disturbance Scale 2. Crichton Geriatric Behavioral Rating Scale 3. The scale of Valuation of Life	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactMasami Kashimura

Nippon Medical School Department of Medical Psychology

muramasa@nms.ac.jp0422-34-3403

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026