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Effectiveness and Safety of Dementia Care Management in Primary Care: A Randomized Clinical Trial.


ABSTRACT: Importance:Dementia care management (DCM) can increase the quality of care for people with dementia. Methodologically rigorous clinical trials on DCM are lacking. Objective:To test the effectiveness and safety of DCM in the treatment and care of people with dementia living at home and caregiver burden (when available). Design, Setting, and Participants:This pragmatic, general practitioner-based, cluster-randomized intervention trial compared the intervention with care as usual at baseline and at 12-month follow-up. Simple 1:1 randomization of general practices in Germany was used. Analyses were intent to treat and per protocol. In total, 6838 patients were screened for dementia (eligibility: 70 years and older and living at home) from January 1, 2012, to March 31, 2016. Overall, 1167 (17.1%) were diagnosed as having dementia, and 634 (9.3%) provided written informed consent to participate. Interventions:Dementia care management was provided for 6 months at the homes of patients with dementia. Dementia care management is a model of collaborative care, defined as a complex intervention aiming to provide optimal treatment and care for patients with dementia and support caregivers using a computer-assisted assessment determining a personalized array of intervention modules and subsequent success monitoring. Dementia care management was targeted at the individual patient level and was conducted by 6 study nurses with dementia care-specific qualifications. Main Outcomes and Measures:Quality of life, caregiver burden, behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia, pharmacotherapy with antidementia drugs, and use of potentially inappropriate medication. Results:The mean age of 634 patients was 80 years. A total of 407 patients received the intended treatment and were available for primary outcome measurement. Of these patients, 248 (60.9%) were women, and 204 (50.1%) lived alone. Dementia care management significantly decreased behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (b?=?-7.45; 95% CI, -11.08 to -3.81; P?

SUBMITTER: Thyrian JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5710469 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Effectiveness and Safety of Dementia Care Management in Primary Care: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Thyrian Jochen René JR   Hertel Johannes J   Wucherer Diana D   Eichler Tilly T   Michalowsky Bernhard B   Dreier-Wolfgramm Adina A   Zwingmann Ina I   Kilimann Ingo I   Teipel Stefan S   Hoffmann Wolfgang W  

JAMA psychiatry 20171001 10


<h4>Importance</h4>Dementia care management (DCM) can increase the quality of care for people with dementia. Methodologically rigorous clinical trials on DCM are lacking.<h4>Objective</h4>To test the effectiveness and safety of DCM in the treatment and care of people with dementia living at home and caregiver burden (when available).<h4>Design, setting, and participants</h4>This pragmatic, general practitioner-based, cluster-randomized intervention trial compared the intervention with care as us  ...[more]

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