Status:
COMPLETED
IDEA Study Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) Trial in Tanzania
Lead Sponsor:
William Keith Gray
Collaborating Sponsors:
Grand Challenges Canada
University of Ibadan
Conditions:
Dementia
Eligibility:
All Genders
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This trials of cognitive stimulation therapy (CST) in Tanzania is part of the larger Identification and Intervention for Dementia in Elderly Africans (IDEA) study. The overall aim of the IDEA study i...
Detailed Description
Our project will address three specific challenges: 1) Integrate screening and core packages of services into routine primary health care. 2) Provide effective and affordable community-based care and ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Anyone with dementia living within the study site
Exclusion
- The participant and the family should have consented to take part in the study.
- Unable to travel to the centre where the CST sessions will be held due to physical impairment (e.g. bedbound or immobile)
- After assessment by the study doctor, deemed unable to engage in CST sessions (e.g. follow instructions and participate in activities) due to severe physical or cognitive impairment.
- Profound deafness
- Total blindness
- Aphasia - they should be able to understand verbal communication and communicate verbally (mild impairments are acceptable).
- The participant should be able to sit in a group setting for 1 hour.
- There should not be agitation, depression or psychosis to an extent that the person would not be able to tolerate spending time with other people in a group setting.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2014
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
September 1 2015
Estimated Enrollment :
34 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT02229474
Start Date
September 1 2014
End Date
September 1 2015
Last Update
April 9 2018
Active Locations (1)
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Hai district DSS
Moshi, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania