Demented nursing home residents with nocturnal restlessness.
Conditions
Interventions
Patients will be randomized over an intervention group and a control group. The patients in the control group will sleep on their own high dependency bed during the three periods of two weeks each. Th
Sponsors
Maastricht University, PO Box 616, 6200MD Maastricht , the Netherlands
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients are included when diagnosed with the DSM-IV definition of dementia and who have been residing in the nursing home for a minimum of two months.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. The presence of a (high risk of) a pressure sore, i.e. an indication for the preventive use of a different mattress, e.g. an alternative mattress to prevent pressure ulcers; 2. Acute illness, e.g. pneumonia, exacerbation of heart failure, a recent stroke, etc.; 3. A pacemaker, which could possibly interfere with the PAS instruments.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The objectively and subjectively measured difference in nocturnal restlessness between T0-T1-T2. Objectively: The nocturnal restlessness measured during 6 weeks by means of an actiwatch validated for sleep research with the sleep/wake parameters mentioned above. Subjectively: Nocturnal restlessness determined on the basis of a sleep diary developed for this study, and filled in by the nursing staff. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The secondary outcome measure in this study involves an analysis of the prevalence and the degree of change in overall neuropsychiatric symptoms of the nursing home patients taking part in the study. | — |
Contacts
Public ContactA.J. Os, van
Hollewandsweg 17
Outcome results
None listed