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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).


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Study Design


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

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