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| Title |
Structured physical exercise improves neuropsychiatric symptoms in acute dementia care: a hospital-based RCT
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| Published in |
Alzheimer's Research & Therapy, August 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13195-017-0289-z |
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| Authors |
Tim Fleiner, Hannah Dauth, Marleen Gersie, Wiebren Zijlstra, Peter Haussermann |
| Abstract |
The primary objective of this trial is to investigate the effects of a short-term exercise program on neuropsychiatric signs and symptoms in acute hospital dementia care. Within a hospital-based randomized controlled trial, the intervention group conducted a 2-week exercise program with four 20-min exercise sessions on 3 days per week. The control group conducted a social stimulation program. Effects on neuropsychiatric signs and symptoms were measured via the Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study-Clinical Global Impression of Change, the Neuropsychiatric Inventory, and the Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory. The antipsychotic and sedative dosage was quantified by olanzapine and diazepam equivalents. Eighty-five patients were randomized via minimization to an intervention group (IG) and a control group (CG). Seventy patients (82%) (mean age 80 years, 33 females, mean Mini Mental State Examination score 18.3 points) completed the trial. As compared to the CG (n = 35), the IG (n = 35) showed significantly reduced neuropsychiatric signs and symptoms. Especially, agitated behavior and lability improved. There were no between-group differences concerning antipsychotic and benzodiazepine medication. This exercise program is easily applicable in hospital dementia care and significantly reduces neuropsychiatric signs and symptoms in patients suffering from predominantly moderate stages of dementia. German Clinical Trial Register DRKS00006740 . Registered 28 October 2014. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| United Kingdom | 6 | 67% |
| United States | 1 | 11% |
| Unknown | 2 | 22% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 6 | 67% |
| Scientists | 2 | 22% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 11% |
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The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 231 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 231 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Bachelor | 37 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 30 | 13% |
| Researcher | 23 | 10% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 14 | 6% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 12 | 5% |
| Other | 36 | 16% |
| Unknown | 79 | 34% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing and Health Professions | 44 | 19% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 29 | 13% |
| Sports and Recreations | 16 | 7% |
| Psychology | 13 | 6% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 6 | 3% |
| Other | 32 | 14% |
| Unknown | 91 | 39% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 15. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 20 February 2023.
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#2,392,653
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#510
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#5
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