Conducting randomized controlled trials with older people with dementia in long-term care: Challenges and lessons learnt
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Cooke, Marie
Moyle, Wendy
Shum, David
Harrison, Scott
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The characteristics of older people with dementia and the long-term care environment can make conducting research a challenge and, as such, this population and setting are often understudied, particularly in terms of clinical or randomized controlled trials. This paper provides a critical discussion of some of the difficulties faced whilst implementing a randomized controlled trial exploring the effect of a live music programme on the behaviour of older people with dementia in long-term care. A discussion of how these challenges were addressed is presented to aid investigators planning the design of similar research and help encourage a proactive approach in dealing with research-related challenges right from project conception. The article is structured according to the three principles of a randomized controlled trial in order to keep experimental rigour at the forefront of this research area.
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International Journal of Nursing Practice
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17
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© 2011 Blackwell Publishing. This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: Conducting randomized controlled trials with older people with dementia in long-term care: Challenges and lessons learnt, International Journal of Nursing Practice, Vol. 17(1), 2011, pp. 52-59, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-172X.2010.01906.x.
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