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Filter by:The objective of this study is to investigate the feasibility and efficacy of using the portable EEG headband and the headband-guided meditation practices for pain and stress relief in people with dementia in Hong Kong. Additionally, it explores the potential use of the headband as a biomarker for pain and stress in this target group.
SUBJECT: The Effect of Virtual Reality Based Interactive Therapeutic Dementia Patient Education Program on the Levels of Knowledge, Attitudes and Empathy towards Dementia OBJECTİVE: The research was planned to determine the effect of virtual reality-based interactive therapeutic dementia patient education program on the knowledge, attitude and empathy levels of nursing undergraduate students. DESIGN: Pretest and posttest randomized controlled trial BACKGROUD:It is inevitable to strengthen and enrich nursing education with innovative teaching approaches in understanding the needs of individuals with dementia and informal caregivers and providing qualified nursing care for dementia, which is more difficult and intangible to understand compared to chronic diseases.From this point of view, it is expected that the virtual reality-based interactive therapeutic dementia patient education program to be implemented in this study will have positive ethics in the knowledge, attitude and empathy levels of nursing undergraduate students. METHODS: The research will be carried out between 16.10.2023 and 16.10.2024 with 50 second year nursing students from the faculty of nursing. Students will be divided into control and intervention groups of 25 people in the form of block randomization.Students in the intervention group will implement a virtual reality-based interactive therapeutic dementia patient education program.Students in the control group will not be given any program other than the routine education program.Both groups will be asked to fill simultaneously the dementia knowledge assessment scale, the dementia attitude scale, and the Jefferson empathy scale for nursing students before and after administration.Statistical analysis of the data will be made.
The primary purpose of this Stage 1b NIH-funded clinical trial (K23AG073618, PI Petrovsky) is to determine the efficacy of a 1-month music intervention (Calming Music Personalized for Sleep Enhancement in PeRsons living with Dementia, CoMPoSER) on health outcomes in 72 dyads (144 participants) of persons living with dementia (PLWD) and their caregivers (Stage 1b). The secondary purpose of this research project is to examine the mechanism of stress reduction and sustained effects of the music intervention on PLWD and caregiver well-being. We will evaluate the acceptability of the mobile application CoMPoSER in a pilot RCT and determine the impact of the mobile application CoMPoSER on PLWD (sleep latency, sleep efficiency, wake after sleep onset, total sleep time, sleep quality) and caregiver (perceived stress and well-being) outcomes.
This study will test the feasibility and effectiveness of an innovative model of care for cognitively impaired patients with heart failure. This program aims to improve cognition, reduce dementia risk and cardiovascular events, and will be supported by innovative digital technology for wide scale rollout and implementation. Findings from this research will transform the way healthcare is delivered to cognitively impaired patients with heart disease who have a very high risk of developing dementia.
Healthcare systems around the world, including within the United States, have long-established shortages of trained caregivers. The American Health Care Association states that "the health care system has experienced a shortage of trained caregivers for critical roles for some time." This scarcity directly impacts the 45,800 Long-Term Care (LTC) communities throughout the U.S. Concurrent with this staff shortage, more than half of LTC residents have some form of dementia. These two issues create a serious public health concern, since dementia is associated with a variety of behavioral expressions, such as aggression, anxiety, and agitation. Behavioral expressions of dementia can be successfully managed with the use of tailored, psychosocial interventions and communication support. Unfortunately, existing staff shortages make the facilitation of such interventions challenging. One powerful and often-overlooked approach to ameliorating staffing shortages involves the utilization of retired volunteers to facilitate interventions for persons with dementia (PWD). Based on the nearly universal love of music and a promising pilot study, the product to be developed and tested in this STTR will build upon the combined prior work of the Principal Investigators. Making Connections Thru Music (MCTM), an urgently needed product, will enable retired volunteers to facilitate an evidence-based music and discussion intervention with PWD. MCTM aims to improve engagement, enhance quality of life, and reduce behavioral expressions in PWD. The intervention will consist of two main components: (1) a comprehensive online training course for volunteers, which will provide a general overview of dementia, demonstrate effective communication strategies to use with PWD, and instruct volunteers to effectively facilitate MCTM sessions, and (2) an app containing a structured MCTM intervention protocol and toolkit, which will be the means by which volunteers facilitate MCTM. MCTM will be marketed to LTC communities.
The purpose of this study is to improve the care of persons living with dementia (PLWD) and their informal care partners by addressing emergency and post-emergency care through different combinations of three PLWD-care partner dyad focused interventions. The primary aims are to use coaching to help connect PLWD and their care partners with community support and services to improve transitional care, quality of care, care satisfaction and reduce future ED visits and hospitalizations.
The goal of this study is to test the contemplative practice is feasible and acceptable among informal dementia caregivers population at all stages.
This study aims to evaluate the effect of VR educational program on improving attitude and empathy toward dementia among caregivers. We plan to recruit around 600 participants and randomly assign them to either a control group or an experimental group. The experimental group will participate in a dementia educational program combining VR lasting approximately 2-3 hours. Data would be collected from related questionnaires to investigate whether combining VR with dementia education can effectively improve participants' empathy and attitude toward dementia.
Cognitive Rehabilitation is an approach that teaches strategies to people with cognitive problems which helps them accomplish tasks which they find challenging. It is found to be helpful for People with Dementia (PwD) who typically are still able to learn new procedures for completing tasks they find difficult. NHS Education for Scotland (NES) have developed a workshop and staff resource that aims to provide health and social care staff in Scotland with the knowledge, skills, and resources to use CR with PwD in a consistent and evidence-based way. The resources developed by the NES are based on the CR in dementia evidence base. However, the usefulness of this programme for Scotland's health services has not been investigated. The aim of this study is to investigate whether staff assisted use of the CR resources leads to improved goal attainment and self-efficacy for PwD as well as explore the personal experiences of staff, PwD, and their carers of the NES Cognitive Rehabilitation in Dementia intervention, including the impact the intervention may have on participants' confidence in managing their condition. Six PwD who are seen by Older People's Community Mental Health Teams (OPCMHTs) or the Young Onset Dementia (YOD) service in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC), six nominated persons who act as carers for the PwD, and six clinical team members providing the intervention will have an opportunity to be involved in the study. PwD will develop their own goal related to everyday activities. Their achievement with this goal will be measured many times before and after a CR intervention. The investigators will then investigate if there has been any change in goal success before and after they were given support from staff. The study will also aim to understand the experiences of people participating in CR by conducting interviews with them. The information gathered through the interviews will then be analysed to identify themes in relation to the research aims, such as confidence of PwD in managing their difficulties and facilitators/barriers to participating in the intervention. The investigators will explore appropriate academic journals with the academic supervisor and submit for publication. The participants will be given the option of receiving a summary sheet of the findings of the study. If successful, the investigators anticipate that the study could encourage greater use of CR interventions to support people with dementia. It is also hoped that insights will offer healthcare providers valuable information when creating services for people with dementia and their carers.
Dementia with Lewy body disease (DLB) is the second leading cause of degenerative cognitive disorder after Alzheimer's disease (AD). Its variable clinical expression makes diagnosis difficult. To date, there is no validated DLB diagnostic biomarker, despite several biomarkers in development (EEG, MRI, biology). Studies have shown that an improvement in diagnostic performance could be obtained by combining different modalities biomarkers using machine learning. The aim of this research is to identify the best combination of multimodal biomarkers for the diagnosis of DLB (EEG, MRI, biology, cognitive scores), using a machine learning approach applied to a clinical cohort.