Alzheimer's DiseaseNCT00013182
Effect of Activity on Sleep of Cognitively-Impaired Veterans
A study testing social activity in people with Alzheimer's Disease and Sleep Disorders, run by US Department of Veterans Affairs at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
Sleep-activity rhythm disturbance is a prevalent, disabling symptom in cognitively-impaired (CI) elders. Their nocturnal sleep is light and inefficient with frequent awakenings. Multiple short daytime napping episodes interfere with daytime activity and functioning. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 55 years and older, men only
- Conditions the study is for
- Alzheimer's Disease, Sleep Disorders
- What is being tested?
- social activity
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 90 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- Start not givento Jun 2001
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 55 years and older
- Men only
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Participants must have been a resident in the nursing home for at least two weeks, must be at least 55 years old, have a diagnosis of dementia, a Mini-Mental State Examination Score of <24, sleep less than 85% of the night, and nap at least 30 minutes during the day.
Who cannot join
None listed.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
United States1 site
Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System Eugene J. Towbin Healthcare Center, Little Rock, AR
No. Little Rock, Arkansas, 72114-1706
About this study
Sleep-activity rhythm disturbance is a prevalent, disabling symptom in cognitively-impaired (CI) elders. Their nocturnal sleep is light and inefficient with frequent awakenings. Multiple short daytime napping episodes interfere with daytime activity and functioning. Daytime disruptive behaviors, such as pacing, hitting, and cursing are related significantly to sleep-activity rhythm disturbance. Medical treatment for sleep and behavior disturbances with benzodiazepines or antipsychotic medications has proven minimally effective and has serious side effects such as impairments in cognition, memory, coordination, and balance, tolerance and severe rebound insomnia, and tardive dyskinesia.
Read the detailed description
Background:
Sleep-activity rhythm disturbance is a prevalent, disabling symptom in cognitively-impaired (CI) elders. Their nocturnal sleep is light and inefficient with frequent awakenings. Multiple short daytime napping episodes interfere with daytime activity and functioning. Daytime disruptive behaviors, such as pacing, hitting, and cursing are related significantly to sleep-activity rhythm disturbance. Medical treatment for sleep and behavior disturbances with benzodiazepines or antipsychotic medications has proven minimally effective and has serious side effects such as impairments in cognition, memory, coordination, and balance, tolerance and severe rebound insomnia, and tardive dyskinesia.
Objectives:
The degree of daytime sleepiness in elders may reflect a reduction in the purposive physical, cognitive, and affective activities that previously sustained daytime alertness and promoted psychological well-being. For some institutionalized elders, living in a physically, cognitively, and emotionally understimulating setting may induce excessive napping during the day with a subsequent adverse impact on circadian sleep-wake patterns. Concrete, reality-based activities may counter napping by keeping residents with dementia involved in the world around them and helping them meet psychological, physical, and social needs. Our pilot study with five nursing home residents demonstrated that activities timed to occur during usual naptime and tailored to residents� interests and their remaining abilities improved nocturnal sleep. Our other research has shown that engaging residents in meaningful activity improved their psychological well-being and decreased certain types of disruptive behaviors.
Methods:
We tested the effect of an Individualized Activity Intervention timed to occur when the resident usually napped in the daytime on nocturnal sleep as measured by actigraphy in CI nursing home residents. Examples of individualized activities include objects for tactile and visual stimulation, arts and crafts, and games. We also tested the effect of the intervention on psychological well-being and disruptive behavior, and measured its cost. After the collection of baseline sleep, disruptive behavior, and psychological well-being data for five days, residents were randomly assigned to the Individualized Activity Intervention or to a usual care control condition for 21 days. On days 17-21, the research assistant repeated the outcome measures.
Status:
Secondary data analysis on psychological well-being, disruptive behavior, and cost of the intervention is in progress.
- Conditions
- Alzheimer's Disease, Sleep Disorders
- Being tested
- social activity
- Medical subject headings
- Alzheimer Disease, Sleep Wake Disorders
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
social activityBehavioural
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Arm 1 | Other | Not described Receives: Behavioral: social activity |
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted16 Mar 2001 (estimated)
- Study completionJun 2001
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (5)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Alzheimer's DiseaseStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Factorial
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 90 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
- Sponsor type
- US federal agency
- Collaborators
- Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, University of Arkansas
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Kathleen C. Richards, PhD RN, Principal investigator, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System Eugene J. Towbin Healthcare Center, Little Rock, AR
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00013182
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- NRM 95-184
- Status last verified
- Feb 2007
- First submitted
- 14 Mar 2001
- Last updated
- 7 Apr 2015
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
Publications
Richards KC, Beck C, Shue VM, O'Sullivan PS. Demographic and sleep characteristics in cognitively impaired nursing home residents with and without severe sleep/wake pattern inefficiency. Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2005 Aug-Sep;26(7):751-69. doi: 10.1080/01612840591008339.
PubMed 16126650Richards KC, Beck C, O'Sullivan PS, Shue VM. Effect of individualized social activity on sleep in nursing home residents with dementia. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2005 Sep;53(9):1510-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53460.x.
PubMed 16137280Richards KC, Sullivan SC, Phillips RL, Beck CK, Overton-McCoy AL. The effect of individualized activities on the sleep of nursing home residents who are cognitively impaired: a pilot study. J Gerontol Nurs. 2001 Sep;27(9):30-7. doi: 10.3928/0098-9134-20010901-07.
PubMed 11820554Kolanowski AM, Richards KC, Sullivan SC. Derivation of an intervention for need-driven behavior. Activity preferences of persons with dementia. J Gerontol Nurs. 2002 Oct;28(10):12-5. doi: 10.3928/0098-9134-20021001-06. No abstract available.
PubMed 12382454Richards KC, Lambert C, Beck CK. Deriving interventions for challenging behaviors from the need-driven dementia-compromised behavior model. Alzheimer's care today. 2000 Oct 15; 1(4):62-76.
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 7 Apr 2015. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Effect of Activity on Sleep of Cognitively-Impaired Veterans
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00013182
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- NRM 95-184
- Conditions
- Alzheimer's Disease, Sleep Disorders
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 90 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- US Department of Veterans AffairsUS federal agency
- Collaborators
- Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, University of Arkansas
- Study completion
- Jun 2001 (actual)
- First posted
- 16 Mar 2001 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Sleep-activity rhythm disturbance is a prevalent, disabling symptom in cognitively-impaired (CI) elders. Their nocturnal sleep is light and inefficient with frequent awakenings. Multiple short daytime napping episodes interfere with daytime activity and functioning. Daytime disruptive behaviors, such as pacing, hitting, and cursing are related significantly to sleep-activity rhythm disturbance. Medical treatment for sleep and behavior disturbances with benzodiazepines or antipsychotic medications has proven minimally effective and has serious side effects such as impairments in cognition, memory, coordination, and balance, tolerance and severe rebound insomnia, and tardive dyskinesia.
Detailed description
Background:
Sleep-activity rhythm disturbance is a prevalent, disabling symptom in cognitively-impaired (CI) elders. Their nocturnal sleep is light and inefficient with frequent awakenings. Multiple short daytime napping episodes interfere with daytime activity and functioning. Daytime disruptive behaviors, such as pacing, hitting, and cursing are related significantly to sleep-activity rhythm disturbance. Medical treatment for sleep and behavior disturbances with benzodiazepines or antipsychotic medications has proven minimally effective and has serious side effects such as impairments in cognition, memory, coordination, and balance, tolerance and severe rebound insomnia, and tardive dyskinesia.
Objectives:
The degree of daytime sleepiness in elders may reflect a reduction in the purposive physical, cognitive, and affective activities that previously sustained daytime alertness and promoted psychological well-being. For some institutionalized elders, living in a physically, cognitively, and emotionally understimulating setting may induce excessive napping during the day with a subsequent adverse impact on circadian sleep-wake patterns. Concrete, reality-based activities may counter napping by keeping residents with dementia involved in the world around them and helping them meet psychological, physical, and social needs. Our pilot study with five nursing home residents demonstrated that activities timed to occur during usual naptime and tailored to residents� interests and their remaining abilities improved nocturnal sleep. Our other research has shown that engaging residents in meaningful activity improved their psychological well-being and decreased certain types of disruptive behaviors.
Methods:
We tested the effect of an Individualized Activity Intervention timed to occur when the resident usually napped in the daytime on nocturnal sleep as measured by actigraphy in CI nursing home residents. Examples of individualized activities include objects for tactile and visual stimulation, arts and crafts, and games. We also tested the effect of the intervention on psychological well-being and disruptive behavior, and measured its cost. After the collection of baseline sleep, disruptive behavior, and psychological well-being data for five days, residents were randomly assigned to the Individualized Activity Intervention or to a usual care control condition for 21 days. On days 17-21, the research assistant repeated the outcome measures.
Status:
Secondary data analysis on psychological well-being, disruptive behavior, and cost of the intervention is in progress.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Factorial
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 1
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Arm 1 | Other | Behavioral: social activity |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 55 years and older
- Sex
- Male only
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Participants must have been a resident in the nursing home for at least two weeks, must be at least 55 years old, have a diagnosis of dementia, a Mini-Mental State Examination Score of <24, sleep less than 85% of the night, and nap at least 30 minutes during the day.
Key exclusion criteria (0 listed)
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| social activity | Behavioural | Arm 1 |
Primary outcome
Not reported in the source record.
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 7 Apr 2015.
- Results publication: PubMed 16126650Richards KC, Beck C, Shue VM, O'Sullivan PS. Demographic and sleep characteristics in cognitively impaired nursing home residents with and without severe sleep/wake pattern inefficiency. Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2005 Aug-Sep;26(7):751-69. doi: 10.1080/01612840591008339.
- Results publication: PubMed 16137280Richards KC, Beck C, O'Sullivan PS, Shue VM. Effect of individualized social activity on sleep in nursing home residents with dementia. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2005 Sep;53(9):1510-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53460.x.
- Results publication: PubMed 11820554Richards KC, Sullivan SC, Phillips RL, Beck CK, Overton-McCoy AL. The effect of individualized activities on the sleep of nursing home residents who are cognitively impaired: a pilot study. J Gerontol Nurs. 2001 Sep;27(9):30-7. doi: 10.3928/0098-9134-20010901-07.
- Results publication: PubMed 12382454Kolanowski AM, Richards KC, Sullivan SC. Derivation of an intervention for need-driven behavior. Activity preferences of persons with dementia. J Gerontol Nurs. 2002 Oct;28(10):12-5. doi: 10.3928/0098-9134-20021001-06. No abstract available.
- Results publicationRichards KC, Lambert C, Beck CK. Deriving interventions for challenging behaviors from the need-driven dementia-compromised behavior model. Alzheimer's care today. 2000 Oct 15; 1(4):62-76.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Kathleen C. Richards, PhD RN principal investigator
Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System Eugene J. Towbin Healthcare Center, Little Rock, AR
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing social activity in people with Alzheimer's Disease and Sleep Disorders, run by US Department of Veterans Affairs at 1 site in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 0 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 7 Apr 2015. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00013182, which also lists 5 linked publications.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 7 Apr 2015.