Trial reportZeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie2019
[Individual activation of dementia sufferers in a home setting : A randomized controlled study].
Trial report in Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 2 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness of non-pharmacological therapies on cognitive function in patients with dementia-A network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2023Pooled it
- Comparative effects of some pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions on cognitive function in Alzheimer's disease: A Bayesian network meta-analysis.The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease · 2026Article
- [Facets of care reality for people with dementia].Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie · 2021Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
objectivesThe present project investigated the hypothesis that a multimodal individual activation of people with mild to moderate dementia in the home setting during a 6-month intervention period leads to improved everyday practice and cognitive abilities compared to the control group. MATERIAL AND
methodsIntervention: a practical activation was performed by relatives 6 days per week. Cognitive stimulation took place once a week and was done by an external person. The relatives were trained and counselled by project staff. EVALUATION: a multicentric randomized controlled trial (RCT) with total sample size of 72 participants suffering from dementia with a mini-mental state test (MMST) ≤24 and ≥12. Of the participants 36 were in the intervention group and 36 in the control group: intervention and follow-up periods each took 6 months. Primary outcome variables: activities of daily living (ADL) abilities (E-ADL test) and cognitive abilities (ADAS-Cog); secondary outcome variables: care dependency scale (PAS) and geriatric symptoms including instrumental abilities (NOSGER scale incl. IADL-test), quality of life (WHOQOL-BREF) and stress for the informal caregivers scale (HPS). The evaluation was carried out as a pre-post analysis (t
resultsAfter the end of the 6‑month intervention period (t
conclusionThe hypothesis could not be confirmed. Since the target sample size was not reached, significant results were not expected. Nevertheless, the calculation of the effect sizes provides indications of possible effects of multimodal activation.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.