Maintenance of occupational therapy (OT) for dementia: protocol of a multi-center, randomized controlled and pragmatic trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is a growing interest in developing tailored non-pharmacological strategies to face patients' needs in dementia. Occupational therapy (OT) may contribute to promote self-empowerment of both patients and caregivers. France has implemented nationwide OT over a short-term period of 3/4 months. The main objective of the MathéoAlz study is to measure the impact of maintaining OT over 4 supplementary months on patients' neuropsychiatric symptoms.

Methods/design

The MatheoAlz trial (Maintenance of Occupational Therapy in Alzheimer's disease) is a multi-center, pragmatic randomized controlled trial testing maintenance of OT over 4 supplementary months compared to routine OT delivered as recommended. This paper describes the study protocol. MatheoAlz plans to enroll

SUBMITTER: Pimouguet C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6366025 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature