Does occupational therapy intervention improve the quality of life for older people with dementia in a care home setting?

ISRCTN	ISRCTN67952488
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN67952488
Secondary identifying numbers	N/A

Submission date: 06/10/2006
Registration date: 20/11/2006
Last edited: 24/01/2023

Recruitment status: No longer recruiting
Overall study status: Completed
Condition category: Mental and Behavioural Disorders

Prospectively registered

Protocol

Statistical analysis plan

Results

Individual participant data

Plain English Summary

Not provided at time of registration

Contact information

Mrs Jennifer Wenborn
Scientific

University College London
Department of Mental Health Sciences
67-73 Riding House Street
London
W1W 7EJ
United Kingdom

Email	j.wenborn@ucl.ac.uk

Study information

Study design	Single-blind cluster randomised controlled trial
Primary study design	Interventional
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)	Care home
Study type	Quality of life
Participant information sheet	Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a contact information sheet.
Scientific title	Added as of 04/08/09: A cluster, randomised controlled trial with blinded assessment of outcome to evaluate the effectiveness of occupational therapy intervention to improve the quality of life for older people with dementia in a care home setting.
Study acronym	CHAD (Care Homes: Activity and Dementia)
Study hypothesis	The provision of a programme of occupational therapy intervention for older people with dementia in a care home setting will improve the quality of life score by three points when measured using the Quality of Life in Alzheimer's Disease - patient and caregiver report (QOL-AD) compared to a control group. As of 04/08/09 this trial has been updated. All updates can be found under the relevent field with the above update date.
Ethics approval(s)	National Health Service Barking & Dagenham Local Research Ethics Committee (ref: 05/Q0602/8), approval gained in February 2004.
Condition	Quality of life for older people with dementia in care homes
Intervention	Series of seven education sessions provided by registered occupational therapist to group of care staff covering the need for occupation, how to get to know the resident and how to select/offer personally meaningful activities. Staff will complete a series of work-based learning tasks in between the sessions.
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure	The Quality of Life in Alzheimer's Disease - patient and caregiver report (QOL-AD)
Secondary outcome measures	1. Challenging Behaviour Scale (CBS) 2. Cornell scale for depression in dementia 3. Rating Anxiety In Dementia (RAID)
Overall study start date	01/06/2006
Overall study end date	30/09/2007

Eligibility

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Senior
Sex	Not Specified
Target number of participants	166
Participant inclusion criteria	Care homes residents need to be: 1. Aged 60 and over 2. Have lived at the care home for at least two months on a permanent basis 3. Fulfill the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) criteria for dementia 4. Score less than 24 on the Mini Mental Status Examination (MMSE) 5. Able to consent/assent to participate in the trial
Participant exclusion criteria	Residents with primarily a mental health diagnosis or learning disability.
Recruitment start date	01/06/2006
Recruitment end date	30/09/2007

Locations

Countries of recruitment

England
United Kingdom

Study participating centre

University College London

London
W1W 7EJ
United Kingdom

Sponsor information

University College London (UK)
University/education

c/o Professor Martin Orrell
Department of Mental Health Sciences
67-73 Riding House Street
London
W1W 7EJ
England
United Kingdom

Website	http://www.ucl.ac.uk/
"ROR"	https://ror.org/02jx3x895

Funders

Funder type

Hospital/treatment centre

North East London Mental Health NHS Trust (UK) - Occupational Therapy service

No information available

Results and Publications

Intention to publish date
Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	Not provided at time of registration
Publication and dissemination plan	Not provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan	Not provided at time of registration

Study outputs

Output type	Details	Date created	Date added	Peer reviewed?	Patient-facing?
Results article	results	01/12/2013		Yes	No

Editorial Notes

24/01/2023: The study setting has been updated from ‘Other’.