Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

Code:

NCT05827276

Conditions

Dementia Alzheimers

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 60 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Life story questionnaire

Study Details

Brief summary:

The goal of this clinical trial is to see the effect of life story questionnaire (LSQ) on physical therapy participation in patients with dementia. The main question\[s\] it aims to answer are:

1. What is the effect of LSQ usage on physical therapy participation in people with dementia?
2. What is the effect of LSQ usage on depression in people with dementia?
3. What is the effect of LSQ usage on the quality of life in people with dementia? The researcher will compare these effects between the intervention group (usage of the Life Story Questionnaire) and the control group (no usage of the Life story questionnaire).

All Participants will receive Physical therapy treatment as usual. The life Story Questionnaire will be used in the intervention group during physical therapy treatment.

Life Story Questionnaire: It is developed by the Crisis Prevention Institute, which is a type of life story book for people with dementia. The LSQ allows caregivers to start conversations about topics that are important to each patient, can help establish rapport between the caregiver and patient.

Conditions

Dementia Alzheimers

Study ID

NCT05827276

Start date

Apr 26, 2023

Status verified date

Apr, 2023

Completion date

Mar 30, 2024

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Dec 30, 2023

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 60 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Patients residing at dementia facility in Texas;
2. Age 60-89 years;
3. Diagnosis of dementia disease, in mild to the moderate stage using the Mini-Mental State Examination (score between 10 -24) and
4. Attendance to physical therapy for 6 weeks.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Unable to speak English;
2. Blindness;
3. Deafness;
4. Mini-Mental State Examination score >24 and
5. history of major psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder requiring hospital admission within the last year.

Study Design

Enrollment

60 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Usage of Life Story Questionnaire

This group will receive 6 weeks of physical therapy treatment as usual with the usage of the Life story questionnaire.

no intervention: No usage of Life Story Questionnaire

This group will receive 6 weeks of physical therapy treatment as usual with no usage of the Life Story Questionnaire.

Interventions

Life story questionnaire

Participant will receive physical therapy treatment as usual using information from Life Story Questionnaire.

Primary outcome measure

  • Pittsburgh Rehabilitation Participation Scale [ Time Frame: 1st week of physical therapy ]
  • Pittsburgh Rehabilitation Participation Scale [ Time Frame: 3rd week of Physical Therapy ]
  • Pittsburgh Rehabilitation Participation Scale [ Time Frame: 6th week of Physical Therapy ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Megha S Shah, DPT

770-2414526meghashah@gmail.com

Lisa Brite, OT

817-3135179allisbrite@gmail.com

Locations

Peachtree Place (Dementia care facility)

Recruiting

Weatherford, Texas, United States, 76086

Contacts

Megha Shah, DPT

770-241-4526meghashah83@gmail.com

Lisa Brite, OT, BS

817-599-4181

More Information

Sponsor

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

Last update posted

May 31, 2023

Last verified

Apr, 2023

Keywords

  • Dementia
  • Life story questionnaire
  • Physical therapy
  • Physiotherapy
  • Participation
  • Exercise

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center on 2023-05-31.