P2.011 Pilot study of cognition-action intervention to increase health-related quality of life in frail institutionalized old adults

Individualized Cognition‐Action intervention to prevent behavioral disturbances and functional decline in institutionalized older adults: a randomized pilot trial

“…The subjects ( N = 49) presented a mean (SD) MMSE score of 10.6, 95%CI [8.9–12.3]. The observed low MMSE score was consistent with data from institutionalized old adults where old psychotic patients often presented low MMSE scores (Dechamps et al ,2008).…”

“…Table 1 outlines the features of the CA intervention and details of the intervention can be found elsewhere (Dechamps et al , 2008; Dechamps et al , 2009). The CA instructor received a 1‐week (40 h) standardized training before the intervention started.…”

“…Based on previous NPI observed mean of 30 in institutionalized old adults (Dechamps et al , 2008), to detect an expected difference of 20% at the total NPI score with 80% power ( α = 0.05) a sample of 53 patients was needed. Due to patient's deconditioning characteristics, the Chair Rise test was categorized in four equal classes in number of subjects based on the population baseline distribution.…”