Mental and physical responses to chat in older people with dementia

Mental and physical responses to chat in older people with dementia - Mental and physical responses to chat in older people with dementia

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000051234

Enrollment

Registered

2023-06-02

Start date

2023-08-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

dementia

Interventions

chat

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Participants are those who have preserved hearing and speech functions that allow conversational interaction, who are not averse to chat, who can maintain a sitting position for about 20 minutes, and who have no palpable arrhythmia.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Those who do not retain function for conversational interaction, dislike chat, cannot maintain a sitting position for 20 minutes, or have an irregular heartbeat are excluded from participants.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Significant changes in pulse rate, blood pressure, and autonomic nervous activity before and after chat	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactMasae Tsutsumi

Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine

tutumi@yamaguchi-u.ac.jp0836-22-2818

Outcome results

None listed

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