Use of Telemedicine in Collaboration Between a Psychogeriatric Unit and Nursing Homes

Dementia Clinical Trial

— TESAM  

Official title:

Use of Telemedicine in Collaboration Between a Psychogeriatric Unit and Nursing

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Withdrawn

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01217268
• Other study ID #: TESAM
• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 2010
• Est. completion date: September 2011

Study information

• Verified date: May 2011
• Source: Sykehuset Innlandet HF
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The investigators want to evaluate the use of video-conference in the collaboration between the investigators psychogeriatric department and nursing homes. The study aim is to give supervision on a regular basis to the caregivers on a special care unit for patients with dementia with behavioural disturbances during a period of half a year. The investigators want to investigate the impact on caregivers and patients by applying certain tests at baseline, during the intervention and half a year after the intervention.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Withdrawn
• Enrollment: 0
• Est. completion date: September 2011
• Est. primary completion date: September 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Being resident in a special care unit for persons with dementia

Exclusion Criteria:

• Shorter stay than four weeks before inclusion

• terminally ill

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Behavioural Disorders
• Dementia

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Training in person centered care by supervision using video-conference
The investigators will use video-conference for supervising and training of staff members in nursing homes

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Norway	Sykehuset Innlandet HF	Reinsvoll

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Sykehuset Innlandet HF	Norwegian Department of Health and Social Affairs

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Norway, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Neuropsychiatric inventory - nursing home version (NPI-NH)	The investigators want to find out if a supervision of staff members over a six months time, using video-conference technic, contributes to improvement in patients' behaviour registered by NPI-NH	week 48
Secondary	Person-centered Care Assessment Tool (P-CAT) Person centered care assessment tool (P-CAT)	Measures the effect of our intervention related to apply person centred dementia care	week 48