16 patients who respect the inclusion criteria, treated with psychotropic drugs.

16 patients included in the inclusion criteria, treated with psychotropic drugs and, in a complementary way, with diffusion aromatherapy

BPSD (Behavioral and Psycological Symptoms of Dementia)

Following a specific schema, the randomization will be perfomed. Patients enrolled in Group B will receive in environmental diffusion two essential oils, to define their possible effectiveness in the control of the psychological and behavioural disorders

essential oils

Clinica Luganese Moncucco

Elderly Demented Patient: Aromatherapy Complementary to Psychopharmacotherapy Psychological Disorders and BPSD Behavior

Elderly Patient With Dementia in the Department of Acute Geriatrics: Pilot Study, Monocentric, Randomized Use of Aromatherapy as a Complementary Treatment to Psychopharmacotherapy in Psychological Disorders and BPSD Behavior

The Neuropsychiatric Inventory - Nursing Home Version (NPI-NH) test will characterize the neuropsychiatric and psychopathological symptoms of patients affected by dementia.
Events as delirium, anxiety, depression, etc. will be recorded by the frequency with which they occur and the seriousness of the same. The total score of the NPI-NH is given by the frequency with which the event appears multiply the seriousness of the same. The total score has a range from 0 to 12. Four subgroups will be identified, the final total score of each group will be given by the sum of the single patients total score of the patients belonging to each subgroup:
Time 1 cases sum
Time 1 controls sum
Time 4 cases sum
Time 4 controls sum
The scores of patients whom have been psychotropic therapy implemented will be compared with those of patients whom have not been psychotropic therapy implemented

The Neuropsychiatric Inventory - Nursing Home Version (NPI-NH) test will characterize the neuropsychiatric and psychopathological symptoms of patients affected by dementia. Events as delirium, anxiety, depression, etc. will be recorded by the frequency with which they occur and the seriousness of the same. The scores of patients whom have been psychotropic therapy implemented will be compared with those of patients whom have not been psychotropic therapy implemented

The Neuropsychiatric Inventory - Nursing Home Version (NPI-NH) test will characterize the neuropsychiatric and psychopathological symptoms of patients affected by dementia. For each event as delirium, anxiety, depression, etc. will be recorded the distress induced by this event to the physician, to the nurse and to the nursing assistant. The distress has a score range from 0 to 5. The reduction of the distress between Time and Time 4 for each events will be analyze for three subgroups: physician, nurse and nursing assistant.

A UPN will be attributed to each patient. The dataset containing the correspondence between the UPN and the patient's personal and clinical data will be kept at the Clinical Research Unit of the Clinica Luganese Moncucco. All the analyzed data that will be published or available for scientific discussions will be codified.

Pio Eugenio Fontana

Head of Geriatric Division

aromatherapy fund of the Geriatric Competence Center CLM

The enrolled patients will be randomized following the 4 blocks random schema (AABB, ABAB, BBAA, BABA, ABBA, BAAB).
A repetition of the first 4 blocks will be perform up to 32 patients:
AABB, ABAB, BBAA, BABA AABB, ABAB, BBAA, BABA

phragmanthera/antidepressant

Elderly Demented Patient: Aromatherapy Complementary to Psychopharmacotherapy Psychological Disorders and BPSD Behavior

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