Psychosocial group intervention to enhance self-management skills of people with dementia and their caregivers: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Table 1 Study assessments, procedures and timetable

Assesment¹	Telephone interview	Baseline visit	3-month visit	9-month visit	At 24 months
Patient
Inclusion criteria	X
Demographics, diagnoses, drugs, background information		X	X	X
CDR, MMSE, verbal fluency, clock drawing test		X	X	X
Grip strength, blood pressure and pulse		X	X	X
MNA		X	X	X
Weight, BMI		X	X	X
ADL, IADL		X
Cornell Depression Scale		X	X	X
Illness Cognition Questionnaire		X	X	X
15D QoL		X	X	X
Use of health and social services, mortality			X	X	X
Psychosocial well-being scale		X	X	X
Spousal caregiver	X	X	X	X
Demographics, diagnoses, drugs, questions related to coping with dementia		X	X	X
Psychosocial well-being scale		X	X	X
Grip strength, blood pressure and pulse		X	X	X
Weight, BMI		X	X	X
Sense of competence, SCQ		X	X	X
CES-D		X	X	X
12-GHQ		X	X	X
Pearlin Mastery Scale		X	X	X
Rand-36 QoL		X	X	X
Use of health and social services, mortality			X	X	X

¹ CDR Clinical Dementia Rating Scale[23] (0.5 suggests possible dementia, 1 mild, 2 moderate, and 3 severe dementia), MMSE Mini Mental State Examination[24]. MNA Mini Nutritional Assessment[29] (<24 suggests risk for malnutrition or malnourishment); BMI body mass index; ADL activities of daily life[27]; IADL instrumental activities of daily living[28]; Cornell Depression Test[30]; Illness Cognition Questionnaire[31]; 15D QoL, measure of health-related quality of life[22]; Psychosocial Well-being Scale[33]; SCQ Sense of Competence Questionnaire -[39]; CES-D The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale[37]; 12-GHQ, 12-item General Health Questionnaire. Pearlin Mastery Scale[38];Rand-36 QoL[34, 35].

ISSN: 1745-6215