Person Profile Dementia Intervention in Long-Term Care: A Stepped-Wedge Cluster-Randomized Trial
Once-a-month person profile interventions based on person-centered outcome measurements provided a small but significant improvement in QoL. Thus, our findings suggest a potential benefit to the broader implementation of person profiles involving nursing staff and family members in long-term care facilities.
Authors
- Stephanie Kipfer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4222-3213)
- Martin Nagl‐Cupal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2414-3463)
- Andrea Luise Koppitz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7274-6691)
- Florian Riese (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5531-5833)
- Frank Spichiger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-1938)
- André Meichtry (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1044-8111)
- Thomas Volken (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1490-011X)
- Philip Joseph Larkin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8424-3920)
- Andreas Büscher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6909-7379)
Institutions
- University of Vienna (AT)
- Bern University of Applied Sciences (CH)
- HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland (CH)
- University of Zurich (CH)
- Winterthur Gas & Diesel (Switzerland) (CH)
- HES-SO Fribourg (CH)
- Hochschule Osnabrück (DE)
- University of Lausanne (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
- Published
- 2024-11-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2024.105351
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.54
Funders
- Schweizerische Akademie der Medizinischen Wissenschaften
- Haute école Spécialisée de Suisse Occidentale