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CUHK_CCT00347

2012-12-13

Prospective

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Kwan, Rick Yiu Cho

School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong

2766 6546

rick.kwan@polyu.edu.hk

School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Lai, Claudia Kam Yuk

School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong

2766 6544

claudia.lai@polyu.edu.hk

School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

The effect of acupressure in managing agitation on nursing home resident with dementia

Acupressure for agitation in dementia

穴位按壓對治療老年癡呆症患者煩躁的成效

Nil

Hong Kong, China

Yes

2012-11-13

Dementia

Other

Acupressure

Acupressure, applying manual pressure on subject's acupoints on the body

Each session lasts for 10 minutes. There are two sessions a day, 5 days a week. A course of interven

Comparison group 1: Sham-acupressure, applying manual pressure on the subject's body without acupoints.

Comparison 2: Usual care, the care provided by the nursing home that it will not be manipulated by the research team.

1) Older people (over 65 years old)
2) Diagnosed and documented to have dementia by a physician (according to DSM-IV-TR)
3) In a state of agitation (according to the criteria set in the instruction manual of Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory)

1) Skin problems on acupoints (eg. skin breakdown, infection)
2) Musculo-skeletal problems (eg. amputation on the acupoints)

65 years old

Nil

Both Male and Female

Interventional

Randomized

Placebo

Single-blind

Parallel

2013-12-14

99

Unknown

Agitation (will be measured by the Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory), at the following intervals:
T0: Before the commencement of the intervention
T1: Immediately after the intervention
T2: A short delay after the completion of intervention (the delay period is yet to be decided, it will be decided after the pilot study)

Stress (will be measured by salivary cortisol level), at the following intervals:
T0: Before the commencement of the intervention
T1: Immediately after the intervention
T2: A short delay after the completion of intervention (the delay period is yet to be decided, it will be decided after the pilot study)

No

2015-01-15

ChiCTR-TRC-13002977

2013-01-06

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