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Dementia in residential care: education intervention trial (DIRECT); protocol for a randomised controlled trial.
Trial report in Trials, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.
- Motor and multisensory care-based approach in dementia: long-term effects of a pilot study.American journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias · 2013Trial
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- Informant Perspectives on the Quality of Life of Healthy Older People, and People With Dementia Living in the Community and Care Facilities.Australasian journal on ageing · 2026Observational
- Organisational culture in residential aged care facilities: a cross-sectional observational study.PloS one · 2013Article
- Activities of daily living and quality of life in Alzheimer disease.Journal of medicine and life · 2012Article
- Use of Potentially Harmful Medications and Health-Related Quality of Life among People with Dementia Living in Residential Aged Care Facilities.Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders extra · 2012Article
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- Treatment of Alzheimer's disease in Brazil: II. Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia.Dementia & neuropsychologiaReview
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Authors and funding
9 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundThere is scope to improve the quality of life (QOL) of people with dementia living in residential care facilities (RCF). The DIRECT study will determine if delivery of education to General Practitioners (GPs) and care staff improves the quality of life of residential care recipients with cognitive impairment. METHODS/
designA prospective randomised controlled trial conducted in residential aged care facilities in the metropolitan area of Perth, Western Australia. Participants are care facility residents, aged 65 years and older and with mini-mental state examination scores less than 25. GPs and care facility staff have been independently randomised to intervention or control groups. An education programme, designed to meet the perceived needs of learners, will be delivered to GPs and care staff in the intervention groups. The primary outcome of the study will be quality of life of the people with dementia, measured using the QOL-Alzheimer's Disease Scale (QOL-AD) and Alzheimer Disease Related QOL Scale (ADRQL), 4 weeks and 6 months after the conclusion of the education intervention.
resultsRecruitment of 351 people with dementia, cared for by staff in 39 residential facilities and 55 GPs, was undertaken between May 2007 and July 2008. Collection of baseline data is complete. Education has been delivered to GPs and Care staff between September 2008 and July 2009. Follow-up data collection is underway. DISCUSSION: The study results will have tangible implications for proprietors, managers and staff from the residential care sector and policy makers. The results have potential to directly benefit the quality of life of both patients and carers.
trial registrationThese trial methods have been prospectively registered (ACTRN12607000417482).
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