Use of a Diary to Assess and Monitor Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia ( BPSDiary ) — BPSDiary  

Behavioral and Psychiatric Symptoms of Dementia Clinical Trial

Official title: Use of a Diary to Assess and Monitor Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia

Status Recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

The goal of this randomized clinical trial is to compare the efficacy of the use of a diary to record behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) in persons with dementia. The main questions it aims to answer are: - Does the use of a diary lead to a reduction of the caregiver's burden at 3 months, compared with standard care? - Does the use of a diary lead to a reduction of the neuropsychiatric inventory (NPI) score at 3 months, compared with standard care? - Does the use of a diary result in less psychotropic drugs prescribed to the patient at 3 months compared with standard care? - Are physicians and caregivers satisfied with managing patients with the use of a diary? - Does the use of a diary reduce the caregiver's stress related to BPSD at 3 months, compared with standard care? Participants will be randomly assigned to either the use of a diary or a control group. Caregivers in the diary arm will be asked to fill in a diary with BPSD including triggers, severity, day and hour, to be analyzed by physicians to prescribe appropriate pharmacological or non-pharmacological interventions. The control group will receive usual care (i.e., appropriate interventions will be applied after interviewing the caregiver and/or visiting the patient).

Clinical Trial Description

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Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Behavioral and Psychiatric Symptoms of Dementia
• Dementia

• NCT number: NCT05977855
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori
• Contact: Lucio Tremolizzo, MD, PhD
• Phone: +390392333595
• Email: lucio.tremolizzo@unimib.it
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: July 1, 2023
• Completion date: July 31, 2024