Status:
COMPLETED
AIDMA: A Psycho-educational Program Designed to Support and Train Carers of Alzheimer's Disease (AD) Patients
Lead Sponsor:
Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Conditions:
Alzheimer's Disease
Eligibility:
All Genders
60+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The aim of the project is to demonstrate that a psycho-educational programme designed to support and train carers of Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients induces a significantly higher benefit than antic...
Detailed Description
Context: Research showing the benefit of a combined approach including specific antidementia drugs and psycho-educational programmes for caregivers in the caring of Alzheimer's disease patients is sti...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients:
- AD outpatients
- Stable pharmacological treatment
- Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) \[10 -28\]
- Age \[60-90\]
- Informed consent
- Caregivers:
- Reliability
- Motivation
- Psychological disorder related to patient's disease
- Need for information or help
- Informed consent
Exclusion
- Patients:
- Other dementia
- Severe general disease
- No reliable caregiver
- Caregivers:
- Physical or mental disease incompatible with patient's management
- Impossibility to participate in the educational program
- Absence of anxiety-depression
- Psychotherapy
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2004
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
May 1 2008
Estimated Enrollment :
240 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00190372
Start Date
October 1 2004
End Date
May 1 2008
Last Update
February 17 2011
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Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris
Paris, Île-de-France Region, France, 75010