Dementia
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention Group: 10 old people aged 65 years and over, moderate or severe dementia diagnosis and residents of a nursing home. They participated in multisensory stimulation program in a room develop
Behavioural
Other
Sponsors
Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto
Programa de Pós Graduação Interunidades em Bioengenharia
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Old people; over 65 years old; both gender; diagnosis of moderate or severe dementia, confirmed or not with depression as a secondary diagnosis; residents of a long-term institution. Formal caregivers of the nursing home, that old people live.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Elderly with epilepsy; elderly with severe visual and hearing impairment not corrected by visual and auditory resources; elderly people with aphasia of expression and communication.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Improvement of the interaction with the intervention group inside the multisensory environment, such as angry or apathetic behavior to relaxed and happy, punctuated through the observation of facial expression, body language and verbal and non-verbal communication, through observation records. Data collected during each sensory session.;Improvement of behavior, such as apathy, restlessness and irritability to an engaged and communicative behavior, through observation records applied with the caregiver in the nursing home. Data collected over a period of three months, before and after the end of the intervention program.;Improvement of mood, such as labile, dysphoric, irritable to a euthymic / neutral mood, through observation record with formal caregiver in the nursing home. Data collected over a period of three months, before and after the end of the intervention program.;Improvement of the interaction in nursing home, such as none or few to regulate and much and communication with the caregiver (little, verbal aggression to regular or speaker), through observation record with formal caregiver in the nursing home. Data collected over a period of three months, before and after the end of the intervention program. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Decreased heart rate and blood pressure by means of an automatic measuring device. Data collected at the beginning of the session and after thirty minutes of multisensory stimulation.;Improvement of behavioral changes and humoral symptoms by reducing the score of the standardized instruments "Neuropsychiatric Inventory and Brazilian Version of the Cornell Scale of Depression in Dementia" applied with the caregiver. Data collected over a period of three months, before and after the end of the intervention program. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactBento Machado
Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto
Outcome results
None listed