title: Multisensory Stimulation as an Intervention Strategy for Elderly Patients With Severe Dementia: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.
abstract: The objective of this study was to compare the effect of multisensory stimulation environment (MSSE) and one-to-one activity sessions in the symptomatology of elderly individuals with severe dementia. Thirty-two participants were randomly assigned to the following 3 groups: MSSE, activity, and control group. The MSSE and activity groups participated in two 30-minute weekly sessions over 16 weeks. Pre-, mid-, and posttrial; 8-week follow-up behavior; mood; cognitive status; and dementia severity were registered. Patients in the MSSE group demonstrated a significant improvement in the Neuropsychiatric Inventory and Bedford Alzheimer Nursing Severity Scale scores compared with the activity group. Both MSSE and activity groups showed an improvement during the intervention in the Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory aggressive behavior factor and total score, with no significant differences between groups. The MSSE may have better effects on neuropsychiatric symptoms and dementia severity in comparison with one-to-one activity sessions in patients with severe dementia.
authors.affiliation: Grupo de Investigación en Gerontología, Departamento de Medicina, Facultade de Ciencias da Saúde, Universidade da Coruña, Campus de A Coruña, Coruña, Spain.
authors.forename: Alba
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sánchez
authors.affiliation: Grupo de Investigación en Gerontología, Departamento de Medicina, Facultade de Ciencias da Saúde, Universidade da Coruña, Campus de A Coruña, Coruña, Spain.
authors.forename: M Pilar
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Marante-Moar
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, EUE Casa de Salud Valdecilla, University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain.
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sarabia
authors.affiliation: Grupo de Investigación en Gerontología, Departamento de Medicina, Facultade de Ciencias da Saúde, Universidade da Coruña, Campus de A Coruña, Coruña, Spain.
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: de Labra
authors.affiliation: Grupo de Investigación en Gerontología, Departamento de Medicina, Facultade de Ciencias da Saúde, Universidade da Coruña, Campus de A Coruña, Coruña, Spain.
authors.forename: Trinidad
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lorenzo
authors.affiliation: Grupo de Investigación en Gerontología, Departamento de Medicina, Facultade de Ciencias da Saúde, Universidade da Coruña, Campus de A Coruña, Coruña, Spain.
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maseda
authors.affiliation: Grupo de Investigación en Gerontología, Departamento de Medicina, Facultade de Ciencias da Saúde, Universidade da Coruña, Campus de A Coruña, Coruña, Spain jcmillan@udc.es.
authors.forename: José Carlos
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Millán-Calenti
mesh_terms: D000339:Affect; D000368:Aged; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology; D003071:Cognition; D003704:Dementia / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009735:Nursing Homes; D011595:Psychomotor Agitation / Q000523:psychology; D026421:Sensory Art Therapies / Q000379:methods*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
keywords: elderly; multisensory stimulation; neuropsychiatric symptoms; randomized controlled trial; severe dementia