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        A group intervention to improve quality of life for people with advanced dementia living in care homes: the Namaste feasibility cluster RCT

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        Froggatt, Katherine
        Best, A.
        Bunn, Frances
        Burnside , Girvan
        Coast , Joanna
        Dunleavy , Lesley
        Goodman, Claire
        Hardwick, Ben
        Jackson , Clare
        Kinley , Julie
        Davidson Lund , Anne
        Lynch, Jennifer
        Mitchell , Paul
        Myring , Gareth
        Patel , Shakil
        Perez Algorta , Guillermo
        Preston , Nancy
        Scott, David
        Silvera, Kate
        Walshe, Catherine
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        2299/22341
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        Background: People with advanced dementia who live and die in nursing homes experience variable quality of life, care and dying. There is a need to identify appropriate, cost-effective interventions that facilitate high-quality end-of-life care provision. Objectives: To establish the feasibility and acceptability to staff and family of conducting a cluster randomised controlled trial of the Namaste Care intervention for people with advanced dementia in nursing homes. Design: The study had three phases: (1) realist review and (2) intervention refinement to inform the design of (3) a feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial with a process evaluation and economic analysis. Clusters (nursing homes) were randomised in a3: 1 ratio to intervention or control (usual care). The nature of the intervention meant that blinding was not possible. Setting: Nursing homes in England providing care for people with dementia. Participants: Residents with advanced dementia (assessed as having a Functional Assessment Staging Test score of 6 or 7), their informal carers and nursing home staff. Intervention: Namaste Care is a complex group intervention that provides structured personalised care in a dedicated space, focusing on enhancements to the physical environment, comfort management and sensory engagement. Main outcome measures: The two contender primary outcome measures were Comfort Assessment in Dying - End of Life Care in Dementia for quality of dying (dementia) and Quality of Life in Late Stage Dementia for quality of life. The secondary outcomes were as follows: Person with dementia, sleep/ activity (actigraphy), neuropsychiatric symptoms, agitation and pain; informal carers, satisfaction with care at the end of life; staff members, person-centred care assessment, satisfaction with care at the end of life and readiness for change; and other data - health economic outcomes, medication/service use and intervention activity. Results: Phase 1 (realist review; 86 papers) identified that a key intervention component was the activities enabling the development of moments of connection. In phase 2, refinement of the intervention enabled the production of a user-friendly 16-page A4 booklet. In phase 3, eight nursing homes were recruited. Two homes withdrew before the intervention commenced; four intervention and two control homes completed the study. Residents with advanced dementia (n = 32) were recruited in intervention (n = 18) and control (n = 14) homes. Informal carers (total, n = 12: Intervention, n = 5; control, n = 7) and 97 staff from eight sites (intervention, n = 75; control, n = 22) were recruited over a 6-month period. Recruitment is feasible. Completion rates of the primary outcome questionnaires were high at baseline (100%) and at 4 weeks (96.8%). The Quality of Life in Late Stage Dementia was more responsive to change over 24 weeks. Even where economic data were missing, these could be collected in a full trial. The intervention was acceptable; the dose varied depending on the staffing and physical environment of each care home. Staff and informal carers reported changes for the person with dementia in two ways: Increased social engagement and greater calm. No adverse events related to the intervention were reported. Conclusions: A subsequent definitive trial is feasible if there are amendments to the recruitment process, outcome measure choice and intervention specification.
        Publication date
        2020-01-01
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        Health Technology Assessment
        Published version
        https://doi.org/10.3310/hta24060
        Other links
        http://hdl.handle.net/2299/22341
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