Mild cognitive disorder, dementia
Conditions
Interventions
Open dialogic practices
Sponsors
Graduate school of medical science, Kyoto prefectural university of medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: MCI Aged 60 years or older Clinically diagnosed with MCI by a doctor CDR is 0.5 Living at home Conflicts with family members in decision-making Able to obtain written consent from the individual to participate in the study of their own free will Early dementia Aged 60 years or older Clinically diagnosed with dementia by a doctor CDR is 1.0 Living at home Conflicts with family members in decision-making Able to obtain written consent from the individual to participate in the study of their own free will Family Conflicts with patient in decision-making (No relationship to the patient is required) Able to obtain written consent from the individual to participate in the study of their own free will
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: MCI dementia history of mental disorder traumatic brain injury, or alcohol or other drug abuse mental retardation, and severe communication disabilities such as visual or hearing impairment Early dementia history of mental disorder traumatic brain injury, or alcohol or other drug abuse mental retardation, and severe communication disabilities such as visual or hearing impairment Family history of mental disorder traumatic brain injury, or alcohol or other drug abuse mental retardation, and severe communication disabilities such as visual or hearing impairment
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Pre- and post-intervention interviews with older adults with dementia and their families to assess the extent to which conflicts were resolved and their satisfaction with the intervention, and post-intervention interviews with staff to assess implementation difficulties and burden. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Families' background: age, sex, relationship to the patient (obtained from medical records pre-intervention) Patient information: age, sex, diagnosis, presence of inhabitant (obtained from medical records pre-intervention) Severity of dementia (using Clinical Dementia Scale pre-intervention) Patient's cognitive function (using Mini-Mental State Examination pre- intervention) Patient's ADL (using Physical Self-Maintenance Scale pre-intervention) Patient's neuropsychiatric symptoms (using Neuropsychiatric Inventory before the intervention, at the end of the intervention, and 2 months after the end of the intervention) | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactYuka Kato
Graduate school of medical science, Kyoto prefectural university of medicine Department of psychiatry
Outcome results
None listed