NCT07086261Active, not recruiting
Using SRT to Improve The Drinking Problem Behavior of Elderly People With Dementia During The Care of Day Care
The Effectiveness of Using Spaced Retrieval Training to Improve The Drinking Problem Behavior of Elderly People With Dementia During The Care of Day Care Centers in Taoyuan, Taiwan
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 28 Aug 2025
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Objective: To explore the effects of intermittent retrieval training on cognitive function, daily water intake, body weight, total body water, drinking problem behaviors in day care centers, and caregiver distress in day care centers for elderly people with dementia. Methods: This study adopted a quasi-experimental research design with two groups of pre- and post-tests. The sample was recruited by convenient sampling. The experimental group was intervened with the intermittent retrieval training program to perform relevant drinking training, 40 minutes each time, 3 times a week, for a total of 8 weeks of intervention measures, while the control group was carried out with routine care for general drinking. Both groups collected pre-test data before the intermittent retrieval training intervention program in the first week, and conducted post-test data tracking and analysis in the 4th and 8th weeks after the intervention activities. The research tools included basic attribute data sheet, Chinese version of cognitive ability screening test (CASI), daily water intake, average daily water intake and drinking problem behaviors in the past week, body fat scale for measuring weight and total body water content, and day care center caregiver burden assessment scale. It is expected that this research intervention measure can improve the behavior of elderly people with dementia to drink water independently.
- Status (registry)
- Active, not recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 70 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 17 Jul 2025
- Start date
- 6 Aug 2025
- Primary completion date
- 1 Nov 2025
- Lead sponsor
- National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences
- Diseases
- Alzheimer disease
- NCT number
- NCT07086261
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 70
- From 6 Aug 2025 to the primary completion date, 1 Nov 2025
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Other illness
- Patients diagnosed with severe cognitive impairment according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V) after evaluation by psychiatrists.
- Patients with chronic heart disease and renal failure.
- Patients with hearing impairment and dysphagia.
Other
- Patients with upper and lower limb dysfunction.
Who the study is looking for
- Elderly people with dementia aged 65 years or above who are receiving care in day care centers.
- Clear consciousness and able to communicate in Mandarin and Taiwanese.
- Clinical Dementia Rating Scale (CDR) should be 1-2 points.
- Brain Health Test (BHT) should be less than 9 points.
- Pass the SRT training screening test, indicating that the trainer's name can be remembered for 20-30 seconds.
- Agree to participate in this study.
Age in the registry: 65 years to - · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taoyuan Branch, Taipei Veterans General Hospital. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Taoyuan | Taiwan | Unknown status |
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