Reduction of Inappropriate psychotropic Drug use in nursing home residents with dementia. Dutch: Beter af met minder: Bewust gebruik van psychofarmaca.

Cluster randomized study on the effect of implementation of appropriate interventions at the department level to reduce inappropriate psychotropic drug use. RID: Reduction of Inappropriate psychotropic Drug use in nursing home residents with dementia.

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON26060

Enrollment

800

Registered

2016-05-27

Start date

2016-05-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-02-28

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Conditions

Inappropriate psychotropic drug use, neuropsychiatric symptoms and Quality of Life of nursing home residents with dementia. Onjuist psychofarmaca gebruik, neuropsychiatrische symptomen en kwaliteit van leven bij mensen met dementie in verpleeghuizen.

Interventions

The implementation of a facility tailored intervention: meaning that interventions vary depending on local problems of nursing homes in dealing with problem behavior. Possible interventions: systemati

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Person with dementia: diagnosis dementia (DSM-IV criteria), informed consent of legal representative.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Terminal patients (life expectancy < 3 months). Acquired brain injury departments, regular somatic departments, Down's syndrome and Korsakov.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Reduction of inappropriate psychotropic drugs (APID)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Quality of life (VAS + RISE) Problem behavior / neuro=psychiatric symptoms (NPI-NH + CMAI)	—

Contacts

Public ContactClaudia Groot Kormelinck

c.m.groot.kormelinck@umcg.nl06-55256735

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)