The effects of observation of chewing on chewing, food intake, cognition, activities of daily living, depression, and quality of life in older adults with dementia

The effects of video observation of chewing during lunchtime, on mastication, food intake, cognition, activities of daily living, depression, and quality of life in older adults with dementia

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON25878

Enrollment

199

Registered

2015-03-30

Start date

2013-04-02

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-02-28

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Conditions

Dementia

Interventions

The experimental group watches videos of people eating/chewing, and the control group watches videos of nature and buildings. Both groups watch these videos for three months, five days a week, during

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - Having a diagnosis of dementia (as stated in the medical status of the person) - MMSE score of max. 25 - Age: at least 70 years

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - History of alcoholism - Cerebral trauma - Hydrocephalus - Visual impairments - Neoplasm - History of depression - Personality disorders, other than those based on dementia - Disturbances of consciousness - Dysphagia

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Masticatory ability -- Two-colour chewing gum test	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
- Food intake -- Weighed inventory method - Cognition -- Mini-Mental State Examination (this is the only cognitive test that is adminstered for participants with an MMSE score <15) -- Eight words test (subtest ADS) -- Picture completion (subtest GIT) -- Letter fluency test -- Digit span (subtest WAIS-III) -- Face recognition and Picture recognition (subtest RBMT) -- Category fluency tests (subtest GIT) -- Visual memory span (subtest WMS) - Activities of daily living -- Katz index - Depression -- Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia - Quality of life -- DQoL -- QUALIDEM	—

Measure

Time frame

- Food intake -- Weighed inventory method - Cognition -- Mini-Mental State Examination (this is the only cognitive test that is adminstered for participants with an MMSE score <15) -- Eight words test (subtest ADS) -- Picture completion (subtest GIT) -- Letter fluency test -- Digit span (subtest WAIS-III) -- Face recognition and Picture recognition (subtest RBMT) -- Category fluency tests (subtest GIT) -- Visual memory span (subtest WMS) - Activities of daily living -- Katz index - Depression -- Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia - Quality of life -- DQoL -- QUALIDEM

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Contacts

Public ContactJ.G. Douma

VU University, Department of Clinical Neuropsychology Van der Boechorststraat 1 1081 BT Amsterdam, the Netherlands

j.g.douma@vu.nl+31(0)20 5988955

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)