TY - JOUR
TI - Individualised sensory intervention to improve quality of life in people
with dementia and their companions (SENSE-Cog trial): study protocol for
a randomised controlled trial
AU - Regan, Jemma
AU - Frison, Eric
AU - Collin, Fideline
AU - Dawes, Piers and
AU - Hann, Mark
AU - Himmelsbach, Ines
AU - Hooper, Emma
AU - Reeves, David and
AU - Simkin, Zoe
AU - Thodi, Chryssoula
AU - Yang, Fan
AU - Leroi, Iracema and
AU - Abrams, Harvey
AU - Chaghil-Boissiere, Nathalie
AU - Charalambous, Pavlina
AU - and Constantinidou, Fofi
AU - Gilbert, Camille
AU - Helmer, Catherine and
AU - Jury, Francine
AU - Kontogianni, Evangelia
AU - Lawlor, Brian
AU - Matard,
AU - Charly
AU - Montecelo, Susana
AU - Marie, Sarah
AU - Politis, Antonios and
AU - Postea, Otilia
AU - Renaud, David
AU - Termote, Monique
AU - Wolski, Lucas
AU - and SENSE-Cog Trial Dev Team
JO - Trials
PY - 2019
VL - 20
TODO - null
SP - null
PB - BMC
SN - 1745-6215
TODO - 10.1186/s13063-018-2973-0
TODO - Dementia; Hearing; Vision; Sensory intervention; Quality of life;
Europe; Psychosocial intervention
TODO - BackgroundHearing and vision impairments are highly prevalent in people
with dementia and may have a negative impact on quality of life and
other dementia-related outcomes. Intervening to optimise sensory
impairment and support sensory function may be a means of improving
dementia-related outcomes. The SENSE-Cog trial will test whether a
home-based multi-part sensory intervention is effective in improving
quality of life and other key outcomes in people with dementia and
hearing or vision problems (or both) and their companions.MethodsThis is
anEuropean, multi-centre, observer-blind, pragmatic, randomised
controlled trial. Three hundred fifty four people with dementia and
hearing or vision impairment (or both) and their companions will be
randomly assigned to receive either care as usual or a multi-component
sensory intervention including assessment and correction of hearing or
vision impairments (or both), home-based (maximum 10 visits over
18weeks), therapist-delivered sensory support (that is, adherence to
devices; improving the sensory environment (that is, lighting),
communication training, and sign-posting to other support agencies).
Change from baseline to intervention end (18weeks) and post-intervention
(36weeks) will be compared between the two arms in the following
outcomes: quality of life (primary endpoint), sensory and cognitive
functional ability, relationships, mental well-being, health resource
utilisation and cost-effectiveness.DiscussionThis is one of two articles
outlining the SENSE-Cog trial. Here, we describe the protocol for the
effectiveness of the SENSE-Cog intervention. A parallel and
complementary process evaluation will be described elsewhere. If the
SENSE-Cog trial demonstrates that the sensory intervention improves
outcomes in dementia, we will make a toolkit of training materials,
resources and information available to health and social care providers
to implement the intervention in routine practice. This will be a
significant contribution to the therapeutic management of people with
dementia and sensory impairment.Trial registrationISRCTN (Trial ID:
ISRCTN17056211) on 19 February 2018.
ER -