Exploring How Health Care Support Workers Respond to Distressed Behaviour in People With Dementia

November 20, 2025 updated by: Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust
  • To provide a narrative description of healthcare support workers experiences of responding to distressed behaviours in people with dementia
  • To explore how these experiences might guide future training needs

Study Overview

Status

Active, not recruiting

Conditions

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Estimated)

6

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Healthcare support workers working in a ward-setting caring for people with dementia

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Healthcare support workers
  • Working in a ward-setting caring for people with dementia
  • Based in the main acute hospital

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Registered staff (nurses and nursing associates)
  • Allied Health Professionals and therapy support workers
  • Healthcare support workers employed outside the main acute hospital

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
staff

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
The study aims to capture the experiences of healthcare support workers caring for people with dementia that may display distressed behaviours
Time Frame: 6 months
6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

April 1, 2025

Primary Completion (Estimated)

December 1, 2025

Study Completion (Estimated)

December 1, 2025

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

November 20, 2025

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 20, 2025

First Posted (Actual)

December 2, 2025

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

December 2, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 20, 2025

Last Verified

November 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2425.RCHT.44

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

UNDECIDED

IPD Plan Description

To review with CI

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