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Q In people with dementia, does cognitive stimulation therapy (CST) improve cognition and quality of life?
Clinical impact ratings Mental health ★★★★★★☆ Geriatrics ★★★★★☆☆
METHODS
Design:
randomised controlled trial.*
Allocation:
concealed.*
Blinding:
blinded (outcome assessors).
Follow up period:
7 weeks.
Setting:
23 day centres and residential homes (with ⩾15 people in each) in the UK.
Patients:
201 people (mean age 85 y, 79% women) who met DSM-IV criteria for dementia, scored 10–24 on the Mini-Mental State Examination, were able to communicate, had sufficient vision and hearing to participate and use material in a group, and did not have major physical illness or disability.
Interventions:
CST (n = 115): fourteen …
Footnotes
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For correspondence: Dr M Orrell, University College London, London, UK. m.orrellucl.ac.uk
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Sources of funding: NHS London Regional Office Research and Development Programme and Barking, Havering and Brentwood Community NHS Trusts.
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