Preventing Aggression In Veterans With Dementia (PAVED) - Telephone Sub-Study With Rural Veterans

• Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
• Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
• Main ID: NCT01385007
• Date of registration: 24/06/2011
• Primary sponsor: Michael Debakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center
• Public title: Preventing Aggression In Veterans With Dementia (PAVED) - Telephone Sub-Study With Rural Veterans PAVED-T
• Scientific title: Preventing Aggression In Veterans With Dementia (PAVED) - Telephone Sub-Study With Rural Veterans
• Date of first enrolment: August 2011
• Target sample size: 40
• Recruitment status: Not yet recruiting
• URL: http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01385007
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. diagnosis of dementia

2. pain symptoms documented by the HBPC staff

3. residence in a VA designated rural area of Lufkin or Conroe

4. presence of a caregiver

5. Enrolled in Home Based Primary Care at Michael E DeBakey VA Medical Center

Exclusion Criteria:

1. display of aggression (spitting, cursing/verbal aggression, hitting, kicking,
grabbing, pushing, throwing, biting, scratching, hurting self/others, tearing
things/destroying property, making inappropriate verbal sexual advances, or making
inappropriate physical sexual advances) in the past year

2. score of 6 or greater on the Functional Assessment Staging (FAST) scale

3. inability to complete by phone a cognitive screening assessment (Telephone Interview
for Cognitive Status) or the Philadelphia Geriatric Pain Intensity Scale.



Age minimum: 65 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Dementia

Pain

Intervention(s)

Behavioral: Preventing Aggression in Veterans with Dementia (PAVeD)

Primary Outcome(s)

Incidence of Aggression [Time Frame: 3 months and 6 months post-intervention]

Secondary ID(s)

H-28155

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors

Secondary Sponsor(s)

South Central VA Mental Illness Research, Education & Clinical Center