[PDF] Top 20 Individual Cognitive Stimulation Therapy for dementia (iCST): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

... Randomisation will occur after screening and baseline assessments. The allocation ratio for randomisation is 1:1, into either the intervention group or control group (TAU). Participants will be stratified by centre ... See full document

... Although iCST does not appear to deliver clinical benefits for cognition and QoL for peo- ple with dementia, there was evidence of improvement in terms of the caregiving relation- ship from the person with ... See full document

... including, cognitive stimulation, orientation, and counselling with psycho- educative ...the cognitive stimulation element contributed to the positive outcomes ...that iCST is a well- ... See full document

... – cognitive subscale (difference of 2.9 points). A limitation of the study is that adherence to the program was not recorded, thus the intervention may not have been administered according to the ... See full document

... this study: The first is a pragmatic multi-centre, randomised controlled trial (RCT) of staff training, comparing CST training and outreach support with CST training only; the second, the monitoring ... See full document

... Although staff members cannot be blinded to their alloca- tion, all assessment data are completed online and inde- pendently of the research team. Once the staff member has completed the survey, an administrator on the ... See full document

... our study may have a significant impact on both prognosis and treatment, and may be useful for identifying patients who need early and continuous therapeutic interventions from the onset of their illness, in ... See full document

... The trial was carried out in keeping with local legal and regulatory ...The trial was approved by Medical Ethics Committee Hessen (Ethikkommission der Landesärztekammer Hessen ...the trial on ... See full document

... All patients will be evaluated by transcranial Doppler be- fore the first stimulation and after the last one. Evaluation will be done by a doctor expert in transcranial Doppler who will not be aware of the ... See full document

... the study will participate in T1 ...assign individual chil- dren or parents to one of the four ...group therapy and after ...or individual stabilization intervention during this ... See full document

... includes cognitive and behavioural strate- gies to overcome depression and diminish diabetes- related distress, reduce perceived barriers to various aspects of self-management, increase physical activity, and ... See full document

... treatment protocol but be flexibly tailored to the conceptualization of the individual’s presenting ...eight therapy sessions will be as follows: session 1 “depression and activity tracking”; session 2 ... See full document

... the study. The potential par- ticipants (both people with dementia and their care- givers) will then be assessed by the dementia nurse coordinating the field activities (CDB) to double-check whether ... See full document

... social cognitive deficits in schizophrenia are rooted in anatom- ical and functional abnormalities within a complex brain network collectively termed “the social brain” [33–39], and include the superior temporal ... See full document

... randomised controlled trial with two parallel groups involving adjunctive internet-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia and an internet-based control ...The trial will ... See full document

... A number of general principles for the CR sessions were established and are followed by the group thera- pists to facilitate learning: therapists will give brief lec- tures on a given topic without the use of PowerPoint ... See full document

... the study (including dropouts and patients who did not taper AD), and per protocol, including only subjects satisfying protocol treatment (up to the point in the study where they failed to do ... See full document

... Methods and analysis: This is a double-blinded randomized trial that will be carried out in a university-assisted conception unit. Women who will undergo oocyte retrieval under conscious sedation will be ... See full document

... The dementia partner program using telephone can phone-based dementia partner program can compensate for the shortcomings of existing methods in that it helps early finding and prevention of ... See full document

... general, cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) has been repeatedly found to be effective in reducing PTSD and other symptoms [16–18], and trauma- focused cognitive-behavioral therapy (TF-CBT) is ... See full document