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Trial reportAmerican journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias2016

Multisensory Stimulation as an Intervention Strategy for Elderly Patients With Severe Dementia: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.

Alba Sánchez, M Pilar Marante-Moar, Carmen Sarabia, Carmen de Labra, Trinidad Lorenzo, Ana Maseda, José Carlos Millán-Calenti

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in American journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. [Therapy strategies for repetitive vocalizations in dementia : A systematic review].Neuropsychiatrie : Klinik, Diagnostik, Therapie und Rehabilitation : Organ der Gesellschaft Osterreichischer Nervenarzte und Psychiater · 2025
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  15. Snoezelen in people with intellectual disability or dementia: A systematic review.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2023
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  16. Diagnostic criteria for apathy in neurocognitive disorders.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Alba SánchezGrupo de Investigación en Gerontología, Departamento de Medicina, Facultade de Ciencias da Saúde, Universidade da Coruña, Campus de A Coruña, Coruña, Spain.
M Pilar Marante-MoarGrupo de Investigación en Gerontología, Departamento de Medicina, Facultade de Ciencias da Saúde, Universidade da Coruña, Campus de A Coruña, Coruña, Spain.
Carmen SarabiaDepartment of Nursing, EUE Casa de Salud Valdecilla, University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain.
Carmen de LabraGrupo de Investigación en Gerontología, Departamento de Medicina, Facultade de Ciencias da Saúde, Universidade da Coruña, Campus de A Coruña, Coruña, Spain.
Trinidad LorenzoGrupo de Investigación en Gerontología, Departamento de Medicina, Facultade de Ciencias da Saúde, Universidade da Coruña, Campus de A Coruña, Coruña, Spain.
Ana MasedaGrupo de Investigación en Gerontología, Departamento de Medicina, Facultade de Ciencias da Saúde, Universidade da Coruña, Campus de A Coruña, Coruña, Spain.
José Carlos Millán-CalentiGrupo de Investigación en Gerontología, Departamento de Medicina, Facultade de Ciencias da Saúde, Universidade da Coruña, Campus de A Coruña, Coruña, Spain jcmillan@udc.es.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The objective of this study was to compare the effect of multisensory stimulation environment (MSSE) and one-to-one activity sessions in the symptomatology of elderly individuals with severe dementia. Thirty-two participants were randomly assigned to the following 3 groups: MSSE, activity, and control group. The MSSE and activity groups participated in two 30-minute weekly sessions over 16 weeks. Pre-, mid-, and posttrial; 8-week follow-up behavior; mood; cognitive status; and dementia severity were registered. Patients in the MSSE group demonstrated a significant improvement in the Neuropsychiatric Inventory and Bedford Alzheimer Nursing Severity Scale scores compared with the activity group. Both MSSE and activity groups showed an improvement during the intervention in the Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory aggressive behavior factor and total score, with no significant differences between groups. The MSSE may have better effects on neuropsychiatric symptoms and dementia severity in comparison with one-to-one activity sessions in patients with severe dementia.

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Severity of Illness IndexAffectAgedAggressionCognitionDementiaFemaleHumansMaleNursing HomesPsychomotor AgitationSensory Art Therapieselderlymultisensory stimulationneuropsychiatric symptomsrandomized controlled trialsevere dementia

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PMID26631687
PMCPMC10852803

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