Namaste Trial V1.0
Research type
Research Study
Full title
The Namaste Care intervention to improve the quality of dying for people with advanced dementia living in care homes: A feasibility study for a cluster randomised controlled trial
IRAS ID
220705
Contact name
Katherine A Froggatt
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Lancaster University
ISRCTN Number
ISRCTN14948133
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 11 months, 30 days
Research summary
The primary objective of this feasibility study is to ascertain the feasibility of conducting a full trial of the Namaste Care intervention.
The feasibility issues associated with the research design and data collection processes to enable the design of a full trial to determine the efficacy of Namaste care:
a) To understand how best to sample and recruit nursing homes into a cluster controlled trial of Namaste Care
b) To determine the most appropriate selection, timing and administration of primary and secondary outcome measures for a full cluster controlled trial of Namaste Care against criteria of bias minimization, burden, and acceptability
c) To establish recruitment, retention and attrition rates at the level of the nursing home and individual resident, informal carer and nursing home staff
d) To assess the acceptability, fidelity and sustainability of the Namaste Care intervention
e) To establish the willingness of a large number of nursing homes representing the range of nursing homes, with respect to provider type, size, resident care needs, to participate in a full trial.REC name
Wales REC 5
REC reference
17/WA/0378
Date of REC Opinion
22 Nov 2017
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion