Status:
UNKNOWN
Dementia Associated Apathy.
Lead Sponsor:
Zurich University of Applied Sciences
Conditions:
Emotions
Dementia
Eligibility:
All Genders
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
We want to determine if patients with dementia show any kind of emotion while they look at a defined selection of photos. These are photos taken from a international image-platform and mixed with phot...
Detailed Description
The lack of overt behaviour in individuals exhibiting dementia-associated apathy is not only stressful to family members and caregivers, it is also a major challenge for medical and nursing staff. Kno...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- existing medical diagnosis of dementia, independent of the presence or absence of neuropsychiatric symptoms.
- We include nursing home residents with Informed Consent as documented by signature from the German speaking part of Switzerland with moderate to severe dementia.
- The presence or absence of apathy serves to assign participants into the appropriate experiments group.
Exclusion
- Known or suspected non-compliance, drug or alcohol abuse,
- Inability to follow the procedures of the study, e.g. due to language problems, psychological disorders
- Previous enrolment into the current study,
- Enrolment of the investigator, his/her family members, employees and other dependent persons,
- Medically documented diagnosis of schizophrenia or bipolar disorder or the diagnosis of diminished intelligence.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 30 2017
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
July 31 2019
Estimated Enrollment :
133 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03293537
Start Date
October 30 2017
End Date
July 31 2019
Last Update
July 16 2018
Active Locations (1)
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Zurich University of applied Sciences
Winterthur, Thurgau, Switzerland