A multicentre RCT on community occupational therapy in Alzheimer's disease: 10 sessions are not better than one consultation.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To compare the benefits and harms of a Dutch 10-session Community Occupational Therapy programme for patients with Alzheimer's disease with the impact of a one session consultation at home in German routine healthcare.

Design

A seven-centre, parallel group, active controlled randomised controlled trial. Patients and carers were not masked. Assessors were fully blind for treatment allocation for one of two primary-outcome measurements.

Setting

Patients' homes.

Participants

Patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease (Mini-Mental State Examination 14-24), living in the community with primary carer available and without severe depression or behavioural symptoms, were eligible.

Interventions

Experimental 10 home visits within 5 weeks by an o

SUBMITTER: Voigt-Radloff S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3191435 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature