Comparison of Effectiveness & Costs of Post-diagnosis Treatment in

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

In the Netherlands a rapidly increasing number of multidisciplinary memory clinics (MMC) currently diagnose 25% of the patients with dementia. Following the diagnostic work-up, MMCs are increasingly involved in post-diagnosis treatment and coordination of care, which probably is very important for patients and caregivers, but also very time consuming and expensive. This study will focus on the important question whether this complex post-diagnosis treatment and care coordination, evaluated both on effectiveness and costs, should be carried out by MMCs (intervention) or by General Practitioners (GPs) (control) as pivot of delivery of health care for these patients.

Objectives: To determine MMCs' effectiveness and cost-effectiveness in post-diagnosis treatment and care-coordination for dementia-patients and their caregivers compared to the post-diagnosis treatment and care coordination by GPs.

Time schedule: 12 months for including patients and their caregivers and 12 months of follow-up.

Annex Study: Specifically for the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) methodology study the main study will be extended with some experimental proxy measurements and alternative measurement approaches.

The objective of this Annex-study is to explore the feasibility and validity of Health Related Quality of Life (HRQL) value measurement in dementia patients. And to study the characteristics of proxy rating in HRQL research in dementia and the suitability and validity of yielding HRQL measurements by proxy assessment. Furthermore to explore the validity, reliability, and feasibility of the EQ5D and EQ6D in dementia research (in patients and in/by proxies); response shift, and alternative (more simple) methods of HRQL measurement and validate the Dutch versions of the QOL-AD and the use of the CarerQol-7D in dementia research.

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Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Investigator), Primary Purpose: Health Services Research

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

Dementia

Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT00554047
Study type	Interventional
Source	Radboud University
Contact
Status	Completed
Phase	N/A
Start date	December 2007
Completion date	July 2010

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