Correlation Study Between Mental Behavioral Symptoms in Dementia Patients and Mood Disorders of Caregivers

Dementia Clinical Trial

Official title:

Correlation Analysis Between Mental Behavioral Symptoms in Dementia Patients and Mood Disorders of Caregivers

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03724344
• Other study ID #: HKM201721
• Status: Recruiting
• Start date: October 20, 2017
• Est. completion date: September 30, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: October 2017
• Source: Shanghai Mental Health Center
• Contact: Jing Ni, Doctor
• Phone: 08613564638852
• Email: jwzxnj[@]163.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational [Patient Registry]

Clinical Trial Summary

Traditionally, the more severity of dementia patients, the heavier the burden of the comparators, and in the clinical observation,the dementia patients with rich mental behavior symptoms are more burdened. Therefore, exploring the impact of psychological burden and different subtypes of different dimensions with Behavioral and psychological symptoms (BPSD) will more comprehensive understanding of the factors affecting the burden of caregivers.

The starting point of this project is to analyze the relationship between the types of mental behavior symptoms of dementia patients and the emotional disorders of caregivers. The topic will analyze the correlation of psychological burden of caregivers and different symptom dimensions from the perspective of refinement, helping more effective identifying high-burden mental behavior symptoms in clinically , judging the risk of emotional problems in caregivers, and adopting better humanities or medical care, so that dementia patients can better adapt to care and improve the mental health of caregivers.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 100
• Est. completion date: September 30, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: August 31, 2019
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Age is greater than 18 years old, gender is not limited

2. Comply with ICD-10 diagnostic criteria, diagnosed with dementia, including Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, frontotemporal dementia, dementia with Lewy body, dementia caused by Parkinson's disease

Exclusion Criteria:

1. senile schizophrenia;

2. senile depression;

3. cognitive impairment caused by endocrine system diseases (such as decreased thyroid and adrenal function);

4. Cognitive impairment or dementia caused by serious diseases such as cardiovascular, lung, liver, kidney, and hematopoietic system;

5. Cognitive impairment or dementia caused by alcohol, drug use, psychotropic drugs; 6)Other physical or chemical factors that cause cognitive impairment or dementia-

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Behavioral Symptoms
• Dementia
• Mood Disorders

Intervention

Other:
• Cross section resaerch
Assessment of cognitive (MoCA), mental behavioral symptoms (NPI) the Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS) and the Self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS).

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
China	Huangpu District Mental Health Center	Shanghai	Shanghai

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Shanghai Mental Health Center

Country where clinical trial is conducted

China, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Neuropsychiatric inventory questionnaire	Behavioral and psychological symptoms	baseline