Social Interactions Between People With Dementia in Nursing Home

NCT02403245 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: SID010
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 60
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to evaluate the direct impact of one session of social stimulation on social interactions of people with moderate dementia living in nursing home in comparison of one session without direct social stimulation.

Conditions

Dementia; Social Interactions

Keywords

Social interactions; Dementia; Social stimulation; Direct observation

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Observed social behaviours

  social behaviours of residents observed and listed in an observations grid to analyze the results from observation in terms of components of behaviours expressed in means of observed behaviours.

  during 8 minutes before the session a

• Observed social behaviours

  social behaviours of residents observed and listed in an observations grid to analyze the results from observation in terms of components of behaviours expressed in means of observed behaviours.

  during 8 minutes after the session

Secondary Outcomes (5)

• Cognitive Status

  Baseline

• Functional abilities

  Baseline

• Depression

  Baseline

• Psychological and behaviors disorders

  Baseline

• Quality of life

  Baseline

Study Arms (2)

Psychosocial stimulation

EXPERIMENTAL

One session of a social stimulation

Other: Psychosocial stimulation

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

Residents are in a social controlled condition but without direct stimulation.

Interventions

Psychosocial stimulation OTHER

Intervention consists in a session of social stimulation during about 40 minutes through where the speaker introduced himself to the residents and introduces the residents to each others. The date of the day was done to residents. Social stimulation consists here to an exercise about the four seasons. Residents are asked to mention the 4 seasons and to give all the characteristics they can about each season. Two exercises were proposed: 4 pictures of landscapes and residents were asked to tell which season is represent on the pictures and pictures of some fruits and residents tried to tell in which season we find the fruits. Finally, the psychologist speaks about the "four season" of the compositor Vivaldi and propose to the residents to listen some extracts of each pieces of music.

Psychosocial stimulation

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 75 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• presence of a diagnostic of dementia in medical report and a MMSE score between 9 and 20.

You may not qualify if:

• arrival in the institution dating less than six months
• invalidating visual or hearing disorders
• phasic disorders not allowing a minimum of communication
• significant behavioural disorders (which can disturb the meeting)
• residents not fluent in French language

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Paris West University Nanterre La Défense: lead
• Radboud University Medical Center: collaborator

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Dementia

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Neurocognitive Disorders; Mental Disorders

Study Officials

• Jean-Bernard Mabire

  University Paris Ouest - EA 4430 - 200, Avenue de la République - 92001 Nanterre cedex

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: psychologist and PhD psychologist Student

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 16, 2015
• First Posted: March 31, 2015
• Study Start: March 1, 2012
• Primary Completion: January 1, 2015
• Study Completion: February 1, 2015
• Last Updated: March 31, 2015

Record last verified: 2015-03