Alzheimer'
Conditions
Interventions
Weekly one-hour interventions of the group meetings of the patients and their family members at the National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology. Home work done by the patients and their family mem
Sponsors
National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: -Patients diagnosed as mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's disease or Alzheimer's disease dementia. -Total scores of Mini-Mental Scale Examination (MMSE): 20 or more -Possible to communicate in language. -Patients who can attend the intervention with the main caregivers.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: -Patients diagnosed as mild cognitive impairment due to Lewy Body Disease, or Frontotemporal Dementia. -Patients diagnosed as psychiatric diseases other than mild cognitive disease or dementia. -Difficult to communicate in language (e.g., aphasia)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Sense of Coherence Scale (SOC-13) (after the 10-week interventions) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Japanese version of WHO-Five well-being index Japanese version of Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support Japanese version of Herth Hope Index Japanese version of the Gratitude Questionnaire Japanese version of the UCLA Loneliness Scale Version 3 Japanese version of NPI (Neuropsychiatric Inventory) -Q The short version of the Japanese version of the Zarit Burden Interview (J-ZBI_8). | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactYohko Maki
National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology Education and Innovation Center
Outcome results
None listed