Evaluating the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of Dementia Care Mapping (DCM) to enable person-centred care for people with dementia and their carers
| ISRCTN | ISRCTN82288852 |
|---|---|
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN82288852 |
| Secondary identifying numbers | HTA 11/15/13 |
- Submission date
- 16/01/2014
- Registration date
- 16/01/2014
- Last edited
- 02/09/2020
- Recruitment status
- No longer recruiting
- Overall study status
- Completed
- Condition category
- Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Plain English Summary
Background and study aims
At least two-thirds of people living in care homes have dementia and many become agitated or show other behaviours staff find challenging. These behaviours are often linked to poor quality care and people with these behaviours are more likely to be admitted to hospital and are often prescribed anti-psychotic drugs, which can cause harmful side effects. The UK government has prioritised research into better support for care home staff to help them deliver better care and to reduce the use of drugs. Research shows that care can be improved by tailoring each person’s care to the individual, taking into account their interests, likes and life history. This is known as Person-Centred Care. Training staff in the principles of person-centred care provides them with the skills they need to prevent and support distressing behaviours. However, without extra support for staff to build on their training, these benefits soon disappear. Dementia Care Mapping (DCM) is a technique already widely used in the National Health Service (NHS) and in care homes to help staff to apply their person-centred care training to their caring role. Dementia Care Mapping involves observing the experience of care from the point of view of people with dementia and then feeding this back to staff, who use this information to look at ways they can improve care. This process is carried out every four to six months so changes can be monitored and new improvements identified. To date only one Australian study has been conducted on how effective Dementia Care Mapping is in care homes, and how it provides value for money. This study will build on the Australian study to show whether Dementia Care Mapping is effective and good value for money in care homes in the UK.
Who can participate?
People with dementia, their relatives, and care staff in 50 care homes.
What does the study involve?
Participating care homes are randomly allocated to one of two groups. Care homes in one group provide the usual care. Care homes in the other group provide the usual care and train staff to use Dementia Care Mapping. We measure the changes in residents’ behaviour, resident quality of life, the drugs residents are prescribed, the number of NHS services needed for residents, changes in the numbers and types of negative events (for example admission to hospital, falls), how staff feel about their job and the quality of their communication with residents. We look at these things at the start of the study, after 6 months and after 16 months. The study also measures how staff feel about their job and the number of staff resignations and sickness.
What are the possible benefits and risks of participating?
This study could improve care for people living in care homes in the future, but we cannot say that participants will definitely experience an improvement. The same would be true if you were not part of the study. Participants will be taking part in an important research study that could improve care for people living in care homes. We do not expect there will be any risks in taking part.
Where is the study run from?
University of Leeds (UK)
When is the study starting and how long is it expected to run for?
Care home recruitment: June 2014 to December 2015
Participant recruitment and follow-up: July 2014 to May 2017
Trial results: January 2018
Who is funding the study?
Health Technology Assessment Programme (UK)
Who is the main contact?
Amanda Lilley-Kelly
EPIC@leeds.ac.uk
Contact information
Scientific
University of Leeds
Woodhouse Lane
Leeds
LS2 9JT
United Kingdom
| EPIC@leeds.ac.uk |
Study information
| Study design | Randomised; Interventional; Design type: Process of Care |
|---|---|
| Primary study design | Interventional |
| Secondary study design | Cluster randomised trial |
| Study setting(s) | Other |
| Study type | Treatment |
| Participant information sheet | Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet |
| Scientific title | Evaluating the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of Dementia Care Mapping (DCM) to enable person-centred care for people with dementia and their carers: a cluster randomised controlled trial in care homes (DCM EPIC trial) |
| Study acronym | The DCM EPIC study 1.0 |
| Study hypothesis | To evaluate the clinical and cost-effectiveness of Dementia Care Mapping (DCM) in addition to Usual Care (UC) versus UC alone for people with dementia living in care homes in England. More details can be found at: http://www.nets.nihr.ac.uk/projects/hta/111513 Protocol can be found at: http://www.nets.nihr.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/113948/PRO-11-15-13.pdf CTRU – http://medhealth.leeds.ac.uk/info/415/older_people/1750/dcm_epic Bradford – http://www.bradford.ac.uk/health/dementia/research/epic/ |
| Ethics approval(s) | Yorkshire & The Humber – Bradford Leeds Research Ethics Committee, 14/02/2013, ref: 13/YH/0016 |
| Condition | Topic: Dementias and Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Network; Subtopic: Dementia; Disease: Dementia |
| Intervention | Dementia Care Mapping, This is a cluster randomised trial and randomisation will be at the care-home level. Care homes will be randomised to Usual Care, or Usual Care plus Dementia Care Mapping. Dementia Care Mapping (Intervention Arm Only) Dementia Care Mapping (DCM) is an observational tool designed to assess quality of care in formal dementia care settings. It is grounded in the philosophy of person centred care and was designed to be used in a series of developmental evaluations over time. Through a process of; Follow Up Length: 16 month(s); Study Entry : Registration only |
| Intervention type | Other |
| Primary outcome measure | Cohen Mansfield Agitation Inventory (CMAI); Timepoint(s): Baseline, 6 and 16 months |
| Secondary outcome measures | 1. DEMQoL Proxy; Timepoint(s): Baseline, 6 and 16 months 2. EuroQol Group (EQ-5D); Timepoint(s): Baseline, 6 and 16 months 3. Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI-NH); Timepoint(s): To investigate if the intervention is effective in reducing Behaviours Staff find Challenging 4. Pittsburgh Agitation Scale; Timepoint(s): Baseline, 6 and 16 months |
| Overall study start date | 01/09/2013 |
| Overall study end date | 01/12/2017 |
Eligibility
| Participant type(s) | Mixed |
|---|---|
| Age group | Adult |
| Sex | Both |
| Target number of participants | Planned Sample Size: 750; UK Sample Size: 750 |
| Total final enrolment | 726 |
| Participant inclusion criteria | Current inclusion criteria as of 30/06/2016: Care homes: 1. Have a minimum of 24 permanent residents 2. Have 60%+ permanent residents with dementia based on a formal diagnosis or Functional Assessment Staging of Alzheimers Disease (FAST) (score of 4+) rated with the home manager or another experienced member of staff 3. Have a manager or nominated person agreeing to sign up to the trial protocol as research lead for the duration of the project, based on appropriate discussions and permissions 4. Agree to release staff for DCM training and subsequent mapping processes 5. Be within catchment area Residents will be recruited at baseline (pre-randomisation) and 16 months post randomisation, as part of the open cohort design. Residents meeting all of the following criteria at screening will be eligible for this trial: 1. Be a permanent resident within the care home defined as a person residing in the care home and not present for receipt of for respite or 5-day- care 2. Have a formal diagnosis of dementia or score 4+ on the Functional Assessment Staging of Alzheimer’s Disease (FAST) [87] rated with the home manager or another experienced member of staff 3. Be appropriately consented (in accordance with Mental Capacity Act and clinical trials guidance on informed consent) 4. Have an allocated member of staff willing to provide proxy data. 5. Have sufficient proficiency in English to contribute to the data collection required for the research. Note that residents will NOT be excluded if they lack capacity to consent. Guidance on consent where persons lack capacity will be followed for residents assessed to lack capacity. Staff meeting both of the following criteria will be eligible to provide data on the staff measures for this trial: 1. Be a permanent, contracted, agency or bank member of staff at data collection 2. Have sufficient proficiency in English to contribute to data collection required for the research. To be eligible to provide proxy data (i.e, Quality of Life) on a resident, carers must meet both of the following criteria: 1. Visit the care home on a regular basis over the past month (i.e. usually at least once per fortnight) and be available during the week of data collection 2. Be appropriately consented To be eligible to provide proxy data on a resident, staff must meet all of the following criteria: 1. Be a permanent or contracted member of staff 2. Know the resident well, as assessed by their key worker status and/or the judgement of the home manager 3. Indicate their willingness to providing data for the study by returning the Staff Screening Questionnaire (SSQ) To be eligible to be a mapper on the trial staff must meet all of the following criteria 1. Be a permanent or contracted member of staff 2. Be appropriately consented Previous inclusion criteria: Care homes: 1. Have a minimum of 24 permanent residents 2. Have 60%+ permanent residents with dementia based on a formal diagnosis or Functional Assessment Staging of Alzheimers Disease (FAST) (score of 4+) rated with the home manager or another experienced member of staff 3. Have a manager or nominated person agreeing to sign up to the trial protocol as research lead for the duration of the project, based on appropriate discussions and permissions 4. Agree to release staff for DCM training and subsequent mapping processes 5. Be within catchment area Residents meeting all of the following criteria at screening will be eligible for this trial: 1. Be a permanent resident within the care home defined as a person residing in the care home and not present for receipt of for respite or 5-day- care 2. Have a formal diagnosis of dementia or score 4+ on the Functional Assessment Staging of Alzheimers Disease (FAST) [87] rated with the home manager or another experienced member of staff 3. Be appropriately consented (in accordance with Mental Capacity Act and clinical trials guidance on informed consent) Note that residents will NOT be excluded if they lack capacity to consent. Guidance on consent where persons lack capacity will be followed for residents assessed to lack capacity. Staff meeting both of the following criteria will be eligible to provide data on the staff measures for this trial: 1. Be a permanent, contracted, agency or bank member of staff at data collection 2. Provide consent to providing data for the trial through returning the Staff Screening Questionnaire (SSQ) To be eligible to provide proxy data (i.e, Quality of Life) on a resident, carers must meet both of the following criteria: 1. Visit the care home on a regular basis over the past month (i.e. usually at least once per fortnight) and be available during the week of data collection 2. Be appropriately consented To be eligible to provide proxy data on a resident, staff must meet all of the following criteria: 1. Be a permanent or contracted member of staff 2. Know the resident well, as assessed by their key worker status and/or the judgement of the home manager 3. Indicate their willingness to providing data for the study by returning the Staff Screening Questionnaire (SSQ) To be eligible to be a mapper on the trial staff must meet all of the following criteria 1. Be a permanent or contracted member of staff 2. Be appropriately consented |
| Participant exclusion criteria | Care homes meeting any of the following criteria will not be eligible for this trial: 1. Be, in the view of the researchers, not suitable for inclusion due to being subject to CQC enforcement notices, admission bans or relevant moderate or major CQC compliance breaches 2. Receive other special support for specific quality concerns; such as be currently subject to or have pending, serious safeguarding issues/investigations; receiving other voluntary or compulsory admissions bans; be in receipt of local commissioning special support special support for due to quality concerns 3. Have used DCM as a practice development tool within the last 18 months prior to randomisation 4. Be taking part, have recently taken part in, or be planning to take part, in another trial that conflicts with DCM or with the data collection during the course of their involvement in DCM-EPIC Residents meeting any of the following criteria will not be eligible for this trial: 1. Be terminally ill i.e. formally admitted to an end of life care pathway or permanently bed-bound due to late stage dementia and unable/with limited ability to clearly to communicate distress Staff meeting any of the following criteria will not be eligible to provide data on staff measures for this trial: 1. Be acting as a personal nominee for any resident participant in the trial Staff meeting any of the following criteria will not be eligible to provide proxy data on a resident for this trial: 1. Be acting as a personal nominee for any resident participant in the trial 2. Be a trained Dementia Care Mapper and be using DCM for the purposes of this trial Staff meeting any of the following criteria will not be eligible to be a mapper on the trial 1. Be acting as a personal nominee for any resident participant in the trial |
| Recruitment start date | 01/09/2014 |
| Recruitment end date | 01/04/2017 |
Locations
Countries of recruitment
- England
- United Kingdom
Study participating centre
LS2 9JT
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
University/education
Richard Hogston – Director of Research (LBU)
City Campus
Leeds
LS1 3HE
England
United Kingdom
| r.hogston@leedsbeckett.ac.uk | |
"ROR" |
https://ror.org/02xsh5r57 |
Funders
Funder type
Government
Government organisation / National government
- Alternative name(s)
- NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme, HTA
- Location
- United Kingdom
Results and Publications
| Intention to publish date | 01/01/2018 |
|---|---|
| Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share | No |
| IPD sharing plan summary | Not provided at time of registration |
| Publication and dissemination plan | Main trial results will be published in January 2018. We are currently reviewing the feasibility of an anonymised data set for DCM EPIC. |
| IPD sharing plan |
Study outputs
| Output type | Details | Date created | Date added | Peer reviewed? | Patient-facing? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Protocol article | protocol | 24/06/2016 | Yes | No | |
| Results article | results | 01/04/2020 | 11/11/2019 | Yes | No |
| Other publications | process evaluation | 08/02/2019 | 29/01/2020 | Yes | No |
| Results article | results | 01/03/2020 | 30/03/2020 | Yes | No |
| Results article | results | 25/08/2020 | 02/09/2020 | Yes | No |
| HRA research summary | 28/06/2023 | No | No |
Editorial Notes
02/09/2020: Publication reference added.
30/03/2020: Publication reference added.
29/01/2020: Publication reference added.
11/11/2019: Publication reference and total final enrolment number added.
08/07/2016: The following changes were made to the trial record:
1. The recruitment start date was changed from 01/06/2014 to 01/09/2014.
2. The recruitment end date was changed from 31/12/2015 to 01/04/2017.
3. The overall trial end date was changed from 01/06/2014 to 01/09/2013.
4. The overall trial end date was changed from 31/12/2015 to 01/12/2017.
29/06/2016: Publication reference added.
13/04/2016: Plain English summary added.
26/11/2015: The following changes were made to the trial record:
1. The recruitment end date and overall trial end date were changed from 31/08/2015 to 31/12/2015.
2. The sponsor was changed from University of Bradford to Leeds Beckett University.
